Fos Induced by Mating or Noncontact Sociosexual Interaction Is Colocalized with Androgen Receptors in Neurons within the Forebrain, Midbrain, and Lumbosacral Spinal Cord of Male Rats

1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Béatrice Gréco ◽  
David A. Edwards ◽  
Doris Zumpe ◽  
Richard P. Michael ◽  
Andrew N. Clancy
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Androgen Receptors ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Lumbosacral Spinal Cord

scholarly journals Spinal proerectile effect of oxytocin in anesthetized rats

2001 ◽  
Vol 280 (6) ◽  
pp. R1870-R1877 ◽  
Author(s):  
François Giuliano ◽  
Jacques Bernabé ◽  
Kevin McKenna ◽  
Florence Longueville ◽  
Olivier Rampin
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Penile Erection ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Lumbosacral Spinal Cord ◽  
Anesthetized Rats ◽  
The Neural Network ◽  
Spinal Cord Level ◽  
Relevant Context ◽  
Descending Projections ◽  
Dose Dependent

The spinal cord contains the neural network that controls penile erection. This network is activated by information from peripheral and supraspinal origin. We tested the hypothesis that oxytocin (OT), released at the lumbosacral spinal cord level by descending projections from the paraventricular nucleus, regulated penile erection. In anesthetized male rats, blood pressure and intracavernous pressure (ICP) were monitored. Intrathecal (it) injection of cumulative doses of OT and the selective OT agonist [Thr4,Gly7]OT at the lumbosacral level elicited ICP rises whose number, amplitude, and area were dose dependent. Thirty nanograms of OT and one-hundred nanograms of the agonist displayed the greatest proerectile effects. Single injections of OT also elicited ICP rises. Preliminary injection of a specific OT-receptor antagonist, hexamethonium, or bilateral pelvic nerve section impaired the effects of OT injected it. NaCl and vasopressin injected it at the lumbosacral level and OT injected it at the thoracolumbar level or intravenously had no effect on ICP. The results demonstrate that OT, acting at the lumbosacral spinal cord, elicits ICP rises in anesthetized rats. They suggest that OT, released on physiological activation of the PVN in a sexually relevant context, is a potent activator of spinal proerectile neurons.

PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF SOME SALTS 2-AMINOETHANESULFONIC ACID IN AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL OF DEGENERATIVE SPINAL CORD INJURY

2020 ◽  
pp. 41-47
Author(s):  
Semeleva E.V. ◽  
Blinova E.V. ◽  
Zaborovsky A.V. ◽  
Vasilkina O.V. ◽  
Shukurov A.S.
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Morphological Changes ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Zinc Salt ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Morphological Studies ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Acid Compound ◽  
Lateral Sclerosis

In this work, we studied the pharmacological activity of zinc and magnesium salts of 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid in white non-linear male rats with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which was modeled by neurotoxicantsimplication into the pelvic part of spinal cord. After the reproduction of the pathology in animals, the indices of motor activity were recorded in the Rotarod test, and morphological studies of spinal cord sections stained according to Nisl in the Belshovsky modification were carried out. It was shown that the magnesium salt of 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid (compound LHT-317) to a greater extent reduces the development of motor disorders in experimental animals compared with the control group on the 4th day of observation. The course of intravenous administration of the studied compounds of 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid did not inhibit morphological changes in the spinal cord that develop in degenerative-dystrophic pathology of the central nervous system: connections. Moreover, if, against the background of treatment with zinc salt, the total area of motor zones in animals of the experimental group exceeded that of control rats, then the number of motoneurons did not differ from the control.

scholarly journals Rostrocaudal Distribution of the C-Fos-Immunopositive Spinal Network Defined by Muscle Activity during Locomotion

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Natalia Merkulyeva ◽  
Vsevolod Lyakhovetskii ◽  
Aleksandr Veshchitskii ◽  
Oleg Gorskii ◽  
Pavel Musienko
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Locomotor Activity ◽  
Control Systems ◽  
Muscle Activity ◽  
Knee Extensors ◽  
Emg Activity ◽  
Lumbosacral Spinal Cord ◽  
Adductor Muscles ◽  
Spinal Network ◽  
Hip Flexor

The optimization of multisystem neurorehabilitation protocols including electrical spinal cord stimulation and multi-directional tasks training require understanding of underlying circuits mechanisms and distribution of the neuronal network over the spinal cord. In this study we compared the locomotor activity during forward and backward stepping in eighteen adult decerebrated cats. Interneuronal spinal networks responsible for forward and backward stepping were visualized using the C-Fos technique. A bi-modal rostrocaudal distribution of C-Fos-immunopositive neurons over the lumbosacral spinal cord (peaks in the L4/L5 and L6/S1 segments) was revealed. These patterns were compared with motoneuronal pools using Vanderhorst and Holstege scheme; the location of the first peak was correspondent to the motoneurons of the hip flexors and knee extensors, an inter-peak drop was presumably attributed to the motoneurons controlling the adductor muscles. Both were better expressed in cats stepping forward and in parallel, electromyographic (EMG) activity of the hip flexor and knee extensors was higher, while EMG activity of the adductor was lower, during this locomotor mode. On the basis of the present data, which showed greater activity of the adductor muscles and the attributed interneuronal spinal network during backward stepping and according with data about greater demands on postural control systems during backward locomotion, we suppose that the locomotor networks for movements in opposite directions are at least partially different.

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