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Application of tetrode technology for analysis of changes in neural excitability of medial vestibular nucleus by acute arterial hypotension.
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Young Kim, Ho Koo, Byung Rim Park, Se Jin Moon, Seung-Bum Yang, Min Sun Kim
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Received September 16, 2018 Accepted October 24, 2018 Published online October 24, 2018
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[Accepted]
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 Abstract
- Objectives
& Methods: Excitability o medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) in the brainstem can be affected by changes in the arterial blood pressure. Several animal studies have demonstrated that acute hypotension results in the alteration of multi-unit activities and expression of cFos protein in the MVN. In the field of extracellular electrophysiological recording, tetrode technology and spike sorting algorithms can easily identify single unit activity from multi-unit activities in the brain. However, detailed properties of electrophysiological changes in single unit of the MVN during acute hypotension have been unknown. Therefore, we applied tetrode techniques and electrophysiological characterization methods to know the effect of acute hypotension on single unit activities of the MVN of rats.
Results
Two or three types of unit could be classified according to the morphology of spikes and firing properties of neurons. Acute hypotension elicited 4 types of changes in spontaneous firing of single unit in the MVN. Most of these neurons showed excitatory responses for about within 1 minutes after the induction of acute hypotension and then returned to the baseline activity 10min after the injection of sodium nitroprusside. There was also gradual increase in spontaneous firing in some units. In contrast small proportion of units showed rapid reduction of firing rate just after acute hypotension.
Conclusion
Therefore, application of tetrode technology and spike sorting algorithms is another method for the monitoring of electrical activity of vestibular nuclear during acute hypotension.
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