Adrenergic sensitivity of neurons with non-periodic firing activity in rat injured dorsal root ganglion

In this study, we compared the sensitivity of non-periodically and periodically active neurons in chronically compressed dorsal root ganglion in rats to norepinephrine and sympathetic stimulation. Forty-nine of 58 (84.5%) neurons with non-periodic activity showed responses to norepinephrine, whereas only five of 48 (10.4%) neurons with periodic activity displayed any response. The dose-response relationship of norepinephrine to the irregular burst pattern neurons shifted towards the left significantly compared to that of the periodic activity neurons. Responses to norepinephrine became apparent in eight neurons after their periodic firing activity was transformed into the non-periodic firing activity through the increase in Ca(2+). Changes in the time-response curves indicate a higher sensitivity of irregular burst pattern neurons to sympathetic stimulation than the periodic activity neurons. Finally, deterministic dynamics contained within the interburst interval series for non-periodic activity were identified. From these results, we suggest that the non-periodic activity neurons have a higher adrenergic sensitivity than those displaying periodic activity, and that this sensitivity may depend on the deterministic chaos within its firing dynamic system.

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