- 著者
- Shinji Okada Ayano Katagiri Hiroto Saito Jun Lee Kinuyo Ohara Toshimitsu Iinuma Koichi Iwata
- 出版者
- Nihon University School of Dentistry
- 雑誌
- Journal of Oral Science (ISSN:13434934)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.61, no.2, pp.370-378, 2019 (Released:2019-06-18)
- 参考文献数
- 40
- 被引用文献数
- 9
Peripheral nerve injury can induce neuroplastic changes in the central nervous system and result in neuropathic pain. This study investigated functional involvement in dorsal paratrigeminal nucleus (dPa5) and nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) neurons projecting to the parabrachial nucleus (PBN) after trigeminal nerve injury. Anatomical quantification was performed based on phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (pERK) expression underlying orofacial neuropathic pain associated with infraorbital nerve chronic constriction injury (ION-CCI) in rats. ION-CCI rats exhibited heat and mechanical hypersensitivity in the ipsilateral upper lip. After injection of retrograde tracer fluorogold (FG) into the contralateral PBN, ION-CCI rats received capsaicin or noxious mechanical stimulation to the upper lip. The total number of FG-labeled neurons in dPa5 and NTS did not change after ION-CCI, and pERK expression in dPa5 did not differ between sham and ION-CCI rats. In the NTS contralateral to ION-CCI, the number of pERK-immunoreactive neurons and percentage of pERK-immunoreactive FG-labeled PBN projection neurons were increased after capsaicin stimulation in ION-CCI rats. The present findings suggest that enhanced noxious inputs from the NTS to the PBN after trigeminal nerve injury modulates PBN neuron activity, which accompanies the affective components of orofacial neuropathic pain.
- 著者
- Shinji Okada Hiroto Saito Yutaka Matsuura Lou Mikuzuki Shiori Sugawara Hiroki Onose Junichi Asaka Kinuyo Ohara Jun Lee Toshimitsu Iinuma Ayano Katagiri Koichi Iwata
- 出版者
- Nihon University School of Dentistry
- 雑誌
- Journal of Oral Science (ISSN:13434934)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.61, no.1, pp.146-155, 2019 (Released:2019-03-28)
- 参考文献数
- 77
- 被引用文献数
- 2
Bright light stimulation of the eye activates trigeminal subnucleus caudalis (Vc) neurons in rats. Sensory information is conveyed to the Vc via the trigeminal ganglion (TG). Thus, it is likely that TG neurons respond to photic stimulation and are involved in photic hypersensitivity. However, the mechanisms underlying this process are unclear. Therefore, the hypothesis in this study is bright light stimulation enhances the excitability of TG neurons involved in photic hypersensitivity. Expressions of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) were significantly higher in TG neurons from 5 min to 12 h after photic stimulation of the eye. Phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase1/2 (pERK1/2) was enhanced in TG neurons within 5 min after photic stimulation, while pERK1/2 immunoreactivity in satellite glial cells (SGCs) persisted for more than 12 h after the stimulus. Activation of SGCs was observed from 5 min to 2 h. Expression of CGRP, nNOS, and pERK1/2 was observed in small and medium TG neurons, and activation of SGCs and pERK1/2-immunoreactive SGCs encircling large TG neurons was accelerated after stimulation. These results suggest that upregulation of CGRP, nNOS, and pERK1/2 within the TG is involved in photic hypersensitivity.
- 著者
- Jun Lee Chisato Yamate Masato Taira Masamichi Shinoda Kentaro Urata Mitsuru Maruno Reio Ito Hiroto Saito Nobuhito Gionhaku Toshimitsu Iinuma Koichi Iwata
- 出版者
- Nihon University School of Dentistry
- 雑誌
- Journal of Oral Science (ISSN:13434934)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- pp.17-0238, (Released:2018-05-24)
- 参考文献数
- 34
- 被引用文献数
- 2
Prefrontal cortex activity is modulated by flavor and taste stimuli and changes during swallowing. We hypothesized that changes in the modulation of prefrontal cortex activity by flavor and taste were associated with swallowing movement and evaluated brain activity during swallowing in patients with dysphagia. To evaluate prefrontal cortex activity in dysphagia patients during swallowing, change in oxidized hemoglobin (z-score) was measured with near-infrared spectroscopy while dysphagia patients and healthy controls swallowed sweetened/unsweetened and flavored/unflavored jelly. Total z-scores were positive during swallowing of flavored/unsweetened jelly and negative during swallowing of unflavored/sweetened jelly in controls but negative during swallowing of sweetened/unsweetened and flavored/unflavored jelly in dysphagia patients. These findings suggest that taste and flavor during food swallowing are associated with positive and negative z-scores, respectively. Change in negative and positive z-scores may be useful in evaluating brain activity of dysphagia patients during swallowing of sweetened and unsweetened food.