Aim Aconitine and its structurally-related diterpenoid alkaloids have been shown to interact differential- ly with neuronal voltage-dependent sodium channels and be responsible for their analgesia and toxicity. Bulley...Aim Aconitine and its structurally-related diterpenoid alkaloids have been shown to interact differential- ly with neuronal voltage-dependent sodium channels and be responsible for their analgesia and toxicity. Bulleya- conitine A （ BAA or BLA） is an aconitine analog and has been prescribed for the management of pain. The present study aimed to evaluate the inhibitory effects of BAA on pain hypersensitivity and morphine anti-nociceptive toler- ance, and explore whether the release of dynorphin A from spinal microglia was associated with its mechanism of actions. Methods Rat models of neuropathic pain, formalin test and bone cancer pain were used, and spinal dynorphin A level and expression were measured. Sample size of animals was six in each study group. Resultes A single intrathecal or subcutaneous （but not intraventricular or local） injection of BAA blocked spinal nerve liga- tion-induced painful neuropathy, bone cancer-induced pain and formalin-induced hyperalgesia by 60% - 100% with the ED50 values of 94 - 126 ng/rat （intrathecal） and 42 - 59 μg · kg^-1 （ subcutaneous）, respectively. Follow- ing chronic treatment, BAA did not induce either self-tolerance to anti-nociception or cross-tolerance to morphine anti-nociception, and completely prevented morphine tolerance. Spinal BAA anti-nociception, but not neurotoxici- ty, was completely blocked by the specific microglial inhibitor minocycline. In a minocycline-sensitive and lido- BAA stimulated the release of dynorphin A from the spinal cord, and the caine- or ropivacaine-insensitive manner, primary culture of microglia but not from neurons or astrocytes. The blockade effects of BAA on nociception and morphine tolerance were completely blocked by the specific dynorphin A antiserum and/or K-opioid receptor antago- nist. Conclusions Our results demonstrated that BAA eliminated pain hypersensitivity and morphine tolerance through the direct stimulation of dynorphin A release from spinal microglia, which was not dependent on the interac- tions with sodium channels.展开更多
To improve the error correction performance, an innovative encoding structure with tail-biting for spinal codes is designed. Furthermore, an adaptive forward stack decoding(A-FSD) algorithm with lower complexity for s...To improve the error correction performance, an innovative encoding structure with tail-biting for spinal codes is designed. Furthermore, an adaptive forward stack decoding(A-FSD) algorithm with lower complexity for spinal codes is proposed. In the A-FSD algorithm, a flexible threshold parameter is set by a variable channel state to narrow the scale of nodes accessed. On this basis, a new decoding method of AFSD with early termination(AFSD-ET) is further proposed. The AFSD-ET decoder not only has the ability of dynamically modifying the number of stored nodes, but also adopts the early termination criterion to curtail complexity. The complexity and related parameters are verified through a series of simulations. The simulation results show that the proposed spinal codes with tail-biting and the AFSD-ET decoding algorithms can reduce the complexity and improve the decoding rate without sacrificing correct decoding performance.展开更多
Objective:To investigate the effects of epidural spinal cord stimulation(ESCS) and treadmill training on the locomotion function and ultrastructure of spinal cord anterior horn after moderate spinal cord injury in rat...Objective:To investigate the effects of epidural spinal cord stimulation(ESCS) and treadmill training on the locomotion function and ultrastructure of spinal cord anterior horn after moderate spinal cord injury in rats.Method:Nine adult female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly distributed into three groups:①spinal cord injury group(SI,n=3).②spinal cord injury plus ESCS group(SE,n=3).③spinal cord injury plus treadmill training group(TT,n=3).All rats received a moderate spinal cord injury surgery.Four weeks after surgery,rats in SE group received an electrode implantation procedure,with the electrode field covering spinal cord segments L2-S1.Four weeks after electrode implantation,rats received subthreshold ESCS for 30 min/d.Rats in TT group received 4cm/s treadmill training for 30min/d.Rats in SI group received no intervention,as a control group.All procedures in these three groups lasted four weeks.The open field Basso,Beattie and Bresnahan(BBB) scale was used before and after intervention to evaluate rats' hindlimb motor function.Result:After four weeks intervention,rats in TT group improved their open field locomotion scores to 20.In contrast,no significant improvement was observed in groups SI and SE.The morphology of synapses and neurons were similar regardless of whether rats had undergone ESCS,treadmill training or not.Conclusion:ESCS alone was not sufficient to improve the walking ability of spinal cord injured rats.ESCS or treadmill training alone might not contribute to the changes of ultrastructure in anterior horn of spinal cord that underlie the recovery of walking ability.Further research is needed to understand the contributions of combination of ESCS and treadmill training to the rehabilitation of spinal cord injured rats.展开更多
Spinal arteriography is an esoteric procedure that is seldom performed by peripheral interventionalists. This presentation is intended to outline some of the essential points that the interventionalist performing the ...Spinal arteriography is an esoteric procedure that is seldom performed by peripheral interventionalists. This presentation is intended to outline some of the essential points that the interventionalist performing the procedure should be aware of, especially about spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae (SDAVF).展开更多
文摘Aim Aconitine and its structurally-related diterpenoid alkaloids have been shown to interact differential- ly with neuronal voltage-dependent sodium channels and be responsible for their analgesia and toxicity. Bulleya- conitine A （ BAA or BLA） is an aconitine analog and has been prescribed for the management of pain. The present study aimed to evaluate the inhibitory effects of BAA on pain hypersensitivity and morphine anti-nociceptive toler- ance, and explore whether the release of dynorphin A from spinal microglia was associated with its mechanism of actions. Methods Rat models of neuropathic pain, formalin test and bone cancer pain were used, and spinal dynorphin A level and expression were measured. Sample size of animals was six in each study group. Resultes A single intrathecal or subcutaneous （but not intraventricular or local） injection of BAA blocked spinal nerve liga- tion-induced painful neuropathy, bone cancer-induced pain and formalin-induced hyperalgesia by 60% - 100% with the ED50 values of 94 - 126 ng/rat （intrathecal） and 42 - 59 μg · kg^-1 （ subcutaneous）, respectively. Follow- ing chronic treatment, BAA did not induce either self-tolerance to anti-nociception or cross-tolerance to morphine anti-nociception, and completely prevented morphine tolerance. Spinal BAA anti-nociception, but not neurotoxici- ty, was completely blocked by the specific microglial inhibitor minocycline. In a minocycline-sensitive and lido- BAA stimulated the release of dynorphin A from the spinal cord, and the caine- or ropivacaine-insensitive manner, primary culture of microglia but not from neurons or astrocytes. The blockade effects of BAA on nociception and morphine tolerance were completely blocked by the specific dynorphin A antiserum and/or K-opioid receptor antago- nist. Conclusions Our results demonstrated that BAA eliminated pain hypersensitivity and morphine tolerance through the direct stimulation of dynorphin A release from spinal microglia, which was not dependent on the interac- tions with sodium channels.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61701020)the Scientific and Technological Innovation Foundation of Shunde Graduate School,USTB (BK19BF009)。
文摘To improve the error correction performance, an innovative encoding structure with tail-biting for spinal codes is designed. Furthermore, an adaptive forward stack decoding(A-FSD) algorithm with lower complexity for spinal codes is proposed. In the A-FSD algorithm, a flexible threshold parameter is set by a variable channel state to narrow the scale of nodes accessed. On this basis, a new decoding method of AFSD with early termination(AFSD-ET) is further proposed. The AFSD-ET decoder not only has the ability of dynamically modifying the number of stored nodes, but also adopts the early termination criterion to curtail complexity. The complexity and related parameters are verified through a series of simulations. The simulation results show that the proposed spinal codes with tail-biting and the AFSD-ET decoding algorithms can reduce the complexity and improve the decoding rate without sacrificing correct decoding performance.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China with grant No. 60874035Tongji Hospital Research Fund with grant No. 2008013
文摘Objective:To investigate the effects of epidural spinal cord stimulation(ESCS) and treadmill training on the locomotion function and ultrastructure of spinal cord anterior horn after moderate spinal cord injury in rats.Method:Nine adult female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly distributed into three groups:①spinal cord injury group(SI,n=3).②spinal cord injury plus ESCS group(SE,n=3).③spinal cord injury plus treadmill training group(TT,n=3).All rats received a moderate spinal cord injury surgery.Four weeks after surgery,rats in SE group received an electrode implantation procedure,with the electrode field covering spinal cord segments L2-S1.Four weeks after electrode implantation,rats received subthreshold ESCS for 30 min/d.Rats in TT group received 4cm/s treadmill training for 30min/d.Rats in SI group received no intervention,as a control group.All procedures in these three groups lasted four weeks.The open field Basso,Beattie and Bresnahan(BBB) scale was used before and after intervention to evaluate rats' hindlimb motor function.Result:After four weeks intervention,rats in TT group improved their open field locomotion scores to 20.In contrast,no significant improvement was observed in groups SI and SE.The morphology of synapses and neurons were similar regardless of whether rats had undergone ESCS,treadmill training or not.Conclusion:ESCS alone was not sufficient to improve the walking ability of spinal cord injured rats.ESCS or treadmill training alone might not contribute to the changes of ultrastructure in anterior horn of spinal cord that underlie the recovery of walking ability.Further research is needed to understand the contributions of combination of ESCS and treadmill training to the rehabilitation of spinal cord injured rats.
文摘Spinal arteriography is an esoteric procedure that is seldom performed by peripheral interventionalists. This presentation is intended to outline some of the essential points that the interventionalist performing the procedure should be aware of, especially about spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae (SDAVF).
