Abstract
The effects of iontophoretically ejected glutamate receptor antagonists on mechanically evoked responsiveness were examined on wide dynamic range (WDR) dorsal horn neurons in anesthetized rats that received a unilateral ligation of the L5 and L6 spinal nerves 10–15 days previously. Both brush- and pinch-evoked responses of dorsal horn neurons on the nerve-injured side were enhanced. N-Methyl- d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, 2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid (AP5), preferentially suppressed the enhanced pinch-evoked response, whereas ( RS)-α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionate (AMPA) receptor selective antagonist, 6-nitro-7-sylphamoylbenzo( f)quinoxaline-2,3-dione (NBQX), preferentially attenuated the enhanced brush-evoked response. The results indicate that the enhanced responses to noxious and non-noxious peripheral inputs induced in WDR dorsal horn neurons following the nerve injury are mediated by activation of NMDA and AMPA receptors, respectively.
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