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La inhibición equilibrada y la excitación impulsan el pico de actividad en los semicentros espinales
Rune W Berg1, Aidas Alaburda, Jørn Hounsgaard
1Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen DK 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|January 20, 2007
Resumen
Las redes espinales coordinan los movimientos de las extremidades a través de la excitación y la inhibición sincronizadas en las motoneuronas. Esta actividad equilibrada, no las células marcapasos, impulsa la flexión y extensión rítmica durante la locomoción.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La neurociencia es la neurociencia.
- El control del motor es el control del motor.
- Fisiología de la médula espinal fisiología de la médula espinal
Sus antecedentes:
- Los movimientos de las extremidades implican la flexión y la extensión alternadas.
- Los mecanismos de la red espinal que subyacen a estos movimientos no se comprenden bien.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar los mecanismos sinápticos que controlan los movimientos rítmicos de las extremidades.
- Determinar el papel de la excitación y la inhibición en la actividad de la red espinal.
Principales métodos:
- La actividad sináptica registrada en las motoneuronas de tortugas durante el rascado ficticio.
- Analizó el tiempo y la intensidad de la excitación y la inhibición sinápticas.
- Investigó la relación entre el impulso sináptico y la activación de las motoneuronas.
Principales resultados:
- La excitación sináptica y la inhibición variaron en fase durante la actividad de la red rítmica.
- Tanto la excitación como la inhibición alcanzaron su punto máximo simultáneamente con la conductancia neuronal durante las ondas depolarizantes.
- La actividad del pico de motoneuronas fue impulsada por transitorios sinápticos, no por propiedades intrínsecas del marcapasos.
Conclusiones:
- La excitación y la inhibición equilibradas son características clave de la función de la red espinal.
- Los patrones de disparo irregulares son fundamentales para los movimientos rítmicos de las extremidades.
- La unidad sináptica, en lugar de las propiedades del marcapasos, dicta la actividad motoneuronal durante la locomoción.
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