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Lateral hypothalamic stimulation-produced analgesia: inferred refractory period of directly stimulated neurons and resistance to pimozide antagonism.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3432389     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Electrical stimulation in lateral hypothalamic sites (ESLH) supporting appetitive behavior and reward also diminishes pain and aversion responses that are organized high in the neuraxis. A paired-pulse stimulation technique was used, in two different behavioral paradigms, to infer the absolute refractory periods of LH neurons that mediate this apparent supraspinal analgesia. In both paradigms, recovery from refractoriness--reflected by increased analgesic action--was evident at intrapair intervals of 0.8 msec and greater. This finding suggests that the overlap, if any, between first stage neurons mediating analgesia and appetitive/reward behavior may be restricted to the 'heterogeneous slow population' distinguished by Gratton and Wise. The dopamine antagonist pimozide, at doses known to diminish ESLH-induced feeding and reward (0.25 and 0.5 mg/kg), failed to affect analgesia. Thus, the dopaminergic second stage neurons deemed critical to feeding and reward may not play an important role in analgesia. Finally, ESLH-induced ameliorative action as a case of 'aversion-gating' or a dimension of classical somatosensory analgesia is discussed.
Authors:
K D Carr; T H Bak
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Physiology & behavior     Volume:  41     ISSN:  0031-9384     ISO Abbreviation:  Physiol. Behav.     Publication Date:  1987  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1988-03-15     Completed Date:  1988-03-15     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0151504     Medline TA:  Physiol Behav     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  371-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Millhauser Laboratories, New York University Medical Center, NY 10016.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Analgesia*
Animals
Appetitive Behavior / drug effects,  physiology
Electric Stimulation
Hypothalamus / drug effects,  physiology*
Male
Neural Conduction*
Neurons / physiology
Pimozide / pharmacology*
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Refractory Period, Electrophysiological*
Reward
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
DA 03956/DA/NIDA NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
2062-78-4/Pimozide

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