刺激大鼠杏仁外侧核对皮层A Ⅰ区ON-OFF神经元反应及调谐曲线的影响

在30只氨基甲酸乙酯麻醉的SD大鼠上记录神经元单位放电,观察短纯音诱发的皮层A Ⅰ区神经元ON-OFF反应的特性及电刺激杏仁外侧核(lateral amygdaloid nucleus,LA)对ON-OFF反应以及调谐曲线的影响.实验证实,A Ⅰ区神经元ON-OFF反应的模式与纯音刺激的强度、频率及作用时程有关;刺激LA可以抑制ON-OFF反应的放电频数,使反应的阈值升高,或使反应放电构型发生变化;此外,刺激LA能使ON-OFF神经元的调谐曲线变窄,Q10数值增大.研究结果不仅表明ON-OFF神经元能对纯音刺激的时程、强度和频率等多种信息进行编码,而且还证明杏仁外侧核可以在皮层水平参与听觉信息的调制,削弱或衰减某些听觉信息,导致整个调谐曲线上移变窄,从而提高A Ⅰ区ON-OFF神经元的频率选择性能,有利于检测外界嘈杂环境中特定的听觉信息.     

刺激大鼠杏仁外侧核对皮层AⅠ区ON-OFF神经元反应及调谐曲线的影响

在30只氨基甲酸乙酯麻醉的SD大鼠上记录神经元单位放电,观察短纯音诱发的皮层AI区神经元ON－OFF反应的特性及电刺激杏仁外侧核（lateral amygdaloid nucleus,LA)对ON－OFF反应以及调谐曲线的影响。实验证实,AI区神经元ON－OFF反应的模式与纯音刺激的强度、频率及作用时程有关;刺激LA可以抑制ON－OFF反应的放电频数,使反应的阈值升高,或使反应放电构型发生变化;此外,刺激LA能使ON－OFF神经元的调谐曲线变窄,Q10数值增大。研究结果不仅表明ON－OFF神经元能对纯音刺激的时程、强度和频率等多种信息进行编码,而且还证明杏仁外侧核可以在皮层水平参与听觉信息的调制,削弱或衰减某些听觉信息,导致整个调谐曲线上移变窄,从而提高AI区ON－OFF神经元的频率选择性能,有利于检测外界嘈杂环境中特定的听觉信息。     

杏仁体影响兔内膝体双耳神经元的声反应

实验在２３只三碘季胺酚麻痹的新西兰兔上进行。采用记录单个神经元放电的方法,观察了刺激杏仁体对内膝体（ｍｅｄｉａｌｇｅｎｉｃｕｌａｔｅｂｏｄｙ,ＭＧＢ）６５个双耳神经元声反应的影响。实验结果表明：杏仁刺激对其中２１个神经元的活动产生抑制性影响（占３２．３％）。刺激杏仁外侧核或基底核,既能抑制内膝体神经元对单侧耳声刺激的反应,也可抑制该神经元对双耳声刺激的反应。杏仁体所产生的这种抑制性影响的潜伏期最短为２ｍｓ,表明是经由杏仁－内膝体单突触联系。一般认为,接受双耳信息的神经元与声源定位有关,因此可以推测杏仁体的活动可以干预动物对声源的定位。     

GABA参与兔杏仁体抑制内膝体神经元电活动

本文采用多管微电极胞外记录技术观察了短纯音引起兔内膝神经元的声反应及刺激杏仁体对声反应的影响,并在此基础上观察电泳ＧＡＢＡ及其拮抗剂Ｂｉｃｕｃｕｌｌｉｎｅ的效应。实验结果表明：ＧＡＢＡ可以抑制ＭＧＢ神经元的声反应及自发放电活动,而ＧＡＢＡＡ拮抗剂Ｂｉｃｕｃｕｌｌｉｎｅ的作用则相反;电泳ＧＡＢＡ对ＭＧＢ神经元产生同刺激杏仁体一样的抑制产应,并且这种影响可被Ｂｉｃｕｃｕｌｌｉｎｅ翻转;嗅鼻沟后缘听区农     

刺激大鼠隔区对外侧缰核痛相关神经元的影响

外侧缰核是前脑边缘系统与脑干结构联系的驿站,在这个核内存在对痛刺激呈兴奋反应的神经元(LHPE)。本实验观察了边缘系统中与针刺镇痛有关的隔区与外侧缰核在疼痛方面的机能联系。在清醒的大鼠,刺激隔区明显地抑制 LHPE 的自发放电。单脉冲刺激隔区对LHPE 自发放电的平均抑制时程为2.91 s,重复刺激时则作用更强。刺激隔区还可抑制痛诱发的 LHPE 放电。损毁隔区后,LHPE 自发放电频率可暂时升高,提示隔区对 LHPE 的抑制具有张力性。在外侧缰核内还可记录到一种对伤害性刺激呈抑制反应的神经元(LHPI),刺激隔区对 LHPI 主要呈以兴奋作用,而对这个核内与痛无关神经元的影响较小。本文就以上结果在镇痛中的意义进行了讨论。     

刺激大鼠离断背根外周端对相邻背根电活动的影响

在切断大鼠左侧１２、１３背根后,观察电刺激（刺激参数为０．８－１．２ｍＡ,１００Ｈｚ,０．５ｍｓ,总时程２ｓ）Ｌ２背根外同对Ｌ３背根放电活动的影响。结果表明：连续多次刺激Ｌ２背根可使Ｌ３背根平均放电频率（ＭＤＦ）逐步增加,增加量与刺激次数中于明显直线正相关,各次刺激后的时程分析表明,这种增频作用具有明显的累积效应的后效应,并与刺激前１３背根的活动状态密切相关,刺激前放电活动较强者其增频作用更明显。     

小鼠下丘听神经元的反应潜伏期对特征频率的表达

频率是声音的基本参数之一. 听觉神经元对声音频率的反应可以表现为放电率和反应潜伏期的变化. 大部分神经元放电率随频率的改变呈多种变化, 而神经元对声音反应的放电潜伏期往往比较稳定, 提示潜伏期能有效地表达频率信息. 本文研究了BALB/C小鼠下丘听神经元对纯音频率反应的放电率及潜伏期特性, 实验结果表明: 神经元对特征频率的反应潜伏期通常最短, 随声强的变化改变不大; 而神经元对纯音频率反应的放电率随频率改变呈多种变化, 尤其当声强增强时. 实验结果提示小鼠下丘神经元的反应潜伏期具有较放电率更准确表征特征频率的特性.     

听觉电生理实时分析系统及其在大鼠下丘信息编码研究中的应用

基于TDT神经电生理软硬件平台和Matlab软件环境,开发了专用于听觉电生理研究的实时分析软件。通过对神经元胞外记录信号的在线处理和分析,可以在实验过程中得到刺激后放电活动时间直方图、平均发放率、首次发放潜伏期等定量分析结果,以及刺激参数变化时神经元发放率的变化曲线,如发放率-刺激强度曲线等。此分析软件被用于大鼠下丘神经元听觉信息编码的研究中,观察到下丘神经元对于纯音和噪声刺激不同的时间响应模式,以及神经元发放率和首次发放潜伏期对声音刺激强度的编码。     

大鼠初级听皮层神经元对声音空间信息的编码

尽管大脑听皮层神经元对声音空间信息的编码已有不少的研究报道,但其编码机制并不十分清楚,相关研究在大鼠的初级听皮层也未见详细的研究报道．用神经电生理学方法在大鼠初级听皮层考察了151个听神经元的听空间反应域,分析了神经元对来自不同空间方位声刺激反应的放电数和平均首次发放潜伏期的关系．结果表明,多数(52.32%)神经元对来自对侧听空间的声刺激反应较强,表现为对侧偏好型特征,其他神经元分别归类为同侧偏好型(18.54%)、中间偏好型(18.54%)、全向型(3.31%)和复杂型(7.28%)．多数神经元偏好的听空间区域的几何中心位于记录部位对侧听空间的中部和上部．绝大多数初级听皮层神经元对来自偏好听空间的声刺激反应的放电数较多、反应潜伏期较短,对来自非偏好听空间的声刺激反应的放电数较少、反应潜伏期较长,放电数与平均首次发放潜伏期呈显著负相关．在对声音空间信息的编码中,大脑初级听皮层可能综合放电数和潜伏期的信息以实现对声源方位的编码．     

新生大鼠脊髓薄片交感节前神经元的长时程后超极化电位

在新生大鼠胸腰段脊髓薄片,对经腹根逆行刺激鉴定的交感节前神经元（ＳＰＮｓ）进行细胞内记录．发现部分ＳＰＮｓ有长时程后超极化电位（１１－ＳＨＰ）,其达峰时间为０．２－０．７ｓ．时程１－１０ｓ,幅度７－２０ｍＶ。１１－ＡＨＰ前部常为６—３０ｍｓ达峰、短于４００ｍｓ时程的快ＡＨＰ成分。１１－ＡＨＰ除伴有膜输入电阻降低外,还呈膜电位依赖性,翻转电位为－９０至－１００ｍＶ。结果证明１１－ＡＨＰ能起着控制ＳＰＮ的放电频率的重要作用。     

The effect of stimulus type and background noise on hearing abilities of the round goby Neogobius melanostomus

The auditory abilities of the round goby Neogobius melanostomus were quantified using auditory evoked potential recordings, using tone bursts and conspecific call stimuli. Fish were tested over a range of sizes to assess effects of growth on hearing ability. Tests were also run with and without background noise to assess the potential effects of masking in a natural setting. Neogobius melanostomus detected tone bursts from 100 to 600 Hz with no clear best frequency in the pressure domain but were most sensitive to 100 Hz tone stimuli when examined in terms of particle acceleration. Responses to a portion of the N. melanostomus call occurred at a significantly lower threshold than responses to pure tone stimulation. There was no effect of size on N. melanostomus hearing ability, perhaps due to growth of the otolith keeping pace with growth of the auditory epithelium. Neogobius melanostomus were masked by both ambient noise and white noise, but not until sound pressure levels were relatively high, having a 5-10 dB threshold shift at noise levels of 150 dB re 1 μPa and higher but not at lower noise levels.     

Olfactory rhythm in the electrical activity of the human amygdaloid nucleus

Summated electrical activity of the human amygdaloid nucleus was investigated in the neurosurgical clinic by chronically implanted electrodes. It was found that odoriferous stimulation of this structure produced bursts of rapid rhythm (20–30 cps, 30–50 µV). The quasisinusoidal waves of olfactory rhythm consist of sinusoidal components which are more pronounced within the 20–30-Hz frequency range. Spindling of 1–3 sec duration occurs at the end of inhalation and the beginning of exhalation in time with breathing. During monorhinal breathing this activity, whose amplitude depends on degree of olfactory stimulation, can only be recorded ipsilaterally. Room air also activates the amygdaloid nucleus, but less strongly than odoriferous substances: No characteristic odor-dependent differences were discovered in the frequency range of the olfactory rhythm within a 20–30-Hz band.Institute of Physiology, Kiev State University, Kiev. Translated from Neirofiziologiya, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 61–69, January–February, 1986.     

骨导声诱发的耳声发射耳蜗图

用不同频率的短纯音骨导刺激,在7名(14耳)听力正常受试者同时记录双耳声诱发耳声发射(EOAE)。此法比单耳轮流记录省时一半。研究结果表明,EOAE 为一种窄带声,其中心频率随刺激声频率增高而增高,提示 EOAE 产生部位在接受刺激声频率对应的耳蜗部位附近。EOAE 的潜伏期与刺激强度无明显关系,但有随刺激声频率增高而变短的趋势,可能与不同频率刺激声诱发的 EOAE 在基底膜上产生的部位与鼓膜之间的距离不等有关。除1耳用4.0kHz 外,用1.0,2.0,3.0和4.0kHz 短纯音刺激在14耳全可记录到 EOAE,0.5kHz和6.0kHz 则分别在10耳和7耳记录到 EOAE。0.5—6.0kHz 短纯音诱发的 EOAE 的阈值均值连线所得的声发射耳蜗图上可见,1.0kHz 处阈值最低,而在这些受试者所测得的中耳共振频率平均值为1100±230Hz,推测1.0kHz EOAE 阈值最低与中耳的传导函数有关。本文描述的骨导双耳同时记录 EOAE 并描记声发射耳蜗图的方法可用于临床的听力客观评价。     

Philosophy and stimulus design for neuroethology of complex-sound processing.

In research on the neural mechanisms for the processing of biologically important sounds such as species-specific sounds and sounds produced by prey and predators, it is necessary to study responses of central auditory neurons to biologically important sounds, information-bearing elements (IBEs) in them, and tone bursts. The tone bursts or constant-frequency (CF) components can be an IBE in many species of animals. Information-bearing parameters characterizing these sounds must be systematically varied, and tuning of neurons to individual parameters must be studied. The measurement of a tuning curve must be performed not only for excitatory responses, but also for inhibitory and facilitative responses, if any. The selectivity of a neuron to a particular type of sound must be tested for whether it is level-tolerant. Responses to complex sounds can probably be explained on the basis of those to IBEs and tone bursts, so that the use of the tone bursts, even though they are not IBEs, is as essential as that of the biologically important sounds.     

刺激家兔杏仁基底核对外膝体“ON”神经元感受野反应特性的影响

利用细胞外记录,在乌拉坦麻醉和三碘委按酚麻痹的３７只新西兰兔上,考察刺激杏仁基底核对外膝体神经元感受野反应特性的影响。实验观察到,在１１７个具有“ＯＮ”反应外膝体神经元中,４７个单位在电刺激杏仁基底核时不同程度地受到抑制或易化性影响,即细胞反应强度和／或感受野范围均有改变。产生这些影响的潜伏期为７－４１ｍｓ,最大时程约２８ｍｓ。撤除电刺激３ｍｉｎ后,感受野反应特性即告恢复。单独刺激杏仁核不能引起外     

Evoked potentials recorded from brain-stem nuclei in awake cat: interaction of tone bursts and continuous tone

Previous work indicated that components of the auditory thalamocortical potential evoked by a brief binaural tone burst could be enhanced by certain stimulus combinations, e.g., a brief tone burst in the presence of a continuous tone. The principal questions of the present study were whether enhaced components could be obtained caudal to thalamocortex and whether monaural stimuli would be effective in producing enhancement. Eight cats received electrodes in cochlear nucleus and the nucleus of the inferior colliculus. Custom earmolds were made for each ear of each animal. The median attenuation produced by the earmolds was 35 dB and the use of a single earmold approximated monaural stimulation. Auditory evoked potentials were recorded from the electrodes while the animals were unanesthetized but comfortably restrained. Brief 6.25 kHz tone bursts were presented against a background of silence or of a 4.96 kHz continuous tone. In the presence of the continuous tone, enhanced components were obtained from a majority of the electrodes in inferior colliculus but from none of the electrodes in cochlear nucleus. The late negative component in the colliculus potential was increased in amplitude while other components were reduced in amplitude by the continuous tone. The latencies of all components from all electrodes were increased by the presence of the continuous tone. It was concluded that enhancement effects could be obtained at the level of inferior colliculus, and that binaural stimulation does not appear to be necessary to produce enhanced components.     

Analysis of the effects of electrical stimulation of certain limbic structures

It has been established that stimulation of the structures of the limbic system (hippocampus, amygdaloid complex, septum) and the medial nucleic of the thalamus of rabbits in conditions of free behavior elicits four basic types of behavioral reactions: arousal, orientation-investigatory, aggressive-defensive and various epileptiform (convulsive) reactions. Activation of behavior, i.e., arousal and the orientation-investigatory reaction, constantly appear on stimulation of the unspecific thalamic nuclei. The aggressive-defense reaction is elicited by stimulating the nuclei of the amygdaloid complex of the ventral part of the hippocampus and the ventromedial nuclei of the thalamus. The epileptiform reactions are most readily reproduced on stimulation of the amygdaloid complex and the ventral part of the hippocampus. The threshold for the appearance of discharges of the aftereffect is very low. The latter are more sustained on stimulation of the basolateral part of the amygdala and the ventral part of the hippocampus. In rabbits as compared with higher animals the discharges on stimulation rapidly spread not only to the limbic system but also to the reticular formation and the neocortex.Kharkov Medical Institute. Translated from Neirofiziologiya, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 194–201, September–October, 1969.     

电刺激杏仁复合体诱发心律失常及其下行神经通路的初步探讨

电刺激杏仁复合体能诱发心律失常。心律失常的类型为心动过缓伴室性或结性期外收缩。刺激杏仁复合体不同亚核均能诱发心律失常,不同类型的心律失常在核内具有相应的代表点。心律失常发作与杏仁局部区域诱发的爆发性后放电有关。推测杏仁复合体内神经元过度激活可能通过杏仁-迷走神经运动背核及杏仁-下丘脑外侧区等通路下行,使心率减慢、房室传导阻滞而导致心律失常。