Abstract
In barbiturate-anaesthetized spinal cats, antibody microprobes were used to examine immunoreactive substance P (irSP) release at sites within the spinal cord following cutaneous stimuli. A basal level of irSP release was detected in the region of the substantia gelatinosa of the lumbar spinal cord. No increase in this irSP release was produced by non-noxious thermal or mechanical cutaneous stimulation. Noxious thermal, mechanical or chemical cutaneous stimuli all increased release of irSP in the region of the substantia gelatinosa and in the overlying pia mater. The results support a role for SP in the transmission of information from nociceptors to spinal neurones.
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