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Increased calcitonin gene-related peptide- and cholecystokinin-like immunoreactivities in spinal motoneurones after dorsal rhizotomy

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Possible changes in neuropeptides within the ventral horn of the spinal cord were investigated after unilateral dorsal rhizotomy at the lumbar level (L1–L6) in adult rats. Ten days after the surgery, immunohistochemical observations and radioimmunological determinations confirmed a marked loss of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)- and substance P (SP)-like immunoreactivities within the superficial layers of the deafferented dorsal horn, as expected from the degeneration of primary afferent fibres containing these peptides. A concomitant increase in immunohistochemical staining and levels of CGRP (+296%) and CCK (+71%)- like immunoreactivities was observed in the ipsilateral ventral horn where both peptides are located in motoneurones. In contrast, substance P-like immunoreactivity that is confined to fibres and terminals within the ventral horn, was not altered by dorsal rhizotomy. These data indicate that the expression of neuropeptides in spinal motoneurones can be influenced by primary afferent inputs.

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Taquet, H., Plachot, J.J., Pohl, M. et al. Increased calcitonin gene-related peptide- and cholecystokinin-like immunoreactivities in spinal motoneurones after dorsal rhizotomy. J. Neural Transmission 88, 127–141 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01244818

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