CAPSAICIN INHIBITS RESPONSES OF FINE AFFERENTS FROM THE KNEE-JOINT OF THE CAT TO MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL STIMULI

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作者
HE, X [1 ]
SCHEPELMANN, K [1 ]
SCHAIBLE, HG [1 ]
SCHMIDT, RF [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV WURZBURG,INST PHYSIOL,RONTGENRING 9,W-8700 WURZBURG,GERMANY
关键词
Capsaicin; Cat; Chemosensitivity; Desensitization; Joint afferent; Mechanosensitivity; Nociceptor;
D O I
10.1016/0006-8993(90)90672-X
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
In adult anaesthetized cats we studied the effects of capsaicin on the responses of single slowly conducting afferents of the knee joint to mechanical and chemical stimuli (bradykinin). An intra-arterial bolus injection of capsaicin into the joint reduced or abolished the responses to passive movements of the joint in 8 of 19 afferents and the responses to intra-arterially administered bradykinin in 10 of 11 units. Capsaicin was usually effective at 10-4 to 10-3 M. The inhibition was predominantly observed in nociceptive afferents, whereas most low threshold units were not desensitized. © 1990.
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