scholarly journals Conditioning Stimulation of the Central Amygdaloid Nucleus Inhibits the Jaw-Opening Reflex in the Cat.

1992 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazunari KOWADA ◽  
Kei KAWARADA ◽  
Norio MATSUMOTO
PAIN RESEARCH ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-22
Author(s):  
Norio Matsumoto ◽  
Kei Kawarada ◽  
Nobuo Okada ◽  
Minoru Kubota ◽  
Yasuyuki Kitada

1991 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 513-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazunari KOWADA ◽  
Kei KAWARADA ◽  
Norio MATSUMOTO ◽  
Masahiko OOE ◽  
Takashi A. SUZUKI

2004 ◽  
Vol 92 (6) ◽  
pp. 3332-3337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Ellrich

Long-term depression (LTD) of somatosensory processing has been demonstrated in slice preparations of the spinal dorsal horn. Although LTD could be reliably induced in vitro, inconsistent results were encountered when the same types of experiments were conducted in adult animals in vivo. We addressed the hypothesis that LTD of orofacial sensorimotor processing can be induced in mice under general anesthesia. The effects of electric low- and high-frequency conditioning stimulation of the tongue on the sensorimotor jaw-opening reflex (JOR) elicited by electric tongue stimulation were investigated. Low-frequency stimulation induced a sustained decrease of the reflex integral for ≥1 h after the end of conditioning stimulation. After additional high-frequency stimulation, the reflex partly recovered from LTD. High-frequency stimulation alone induced a transient increase of the JOR integral for <10 min. The LTD of the sensorimotor jaw-opening reflex in anesthetized mice may be an appropriate model to investigate the central mechanisms and the pharmacology of synaptic plasticity in the orofacial region. The application of electrophysiological techniques in mice provides the opportunity to include adequate knock-out models to elucidate the neurobiology of LTD.


1981 ◽  
Vol 09 (04) ◽  
pp. 319-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuo Toda

Effects of conditioning electrical stimulation of the nerves innervated around the meridian Ho-Ku point on the tooth-pulp evoked jaw opening reflex were investigated in Wistar albino rats. Changes of the threshold of the reflex were monitored before and after the conditioning stimulation. The increased changes of the threshold value gradually appeared and even after the cessation of the conditioning stimulation, its effect remained for several minutes. Of the three nerves in the brachial plexus (radial, median and ulnar), radial nerve was the most effective. The ipsilateral nerve stimulation was more effective on the threshold elevation of the reflex that the contralateral one. When the two nerves were stimulated simultaneously, the increase of the threshold value was sometimes observed as compared to the case of stimulating each nerve separately. However, in cases of the combination stimulation including radial nerve, the summation among the different impulses produced by the conditioning stimulation was scarely observed: therefore, the effect was not reinforced.


2006 ◽  
Vol 1083 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshihide Satoh ◽  
Ken'Ichi Ishizuka ◽  
Diana Oskutyte ◽  
Toshiki Murakami

2012 ◽  
Vol 1473 ◽  
pp. 124-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eriko Yajima ◽  
Yoshihide Satoh ◽  
Ken’Ichi Ishizuka ◽  
Shin-ichi Iwasaki ◽  
Kazuto Terada

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