Abstract
Postimulus time histogram analysis of second-order neuron responses in rostral trigeminal relay nuclei of cat demonstrated characteristic firing patterns after noxious (tooth pulp) and non-noxious (tooth tap) stimuli. The response to noxious stimulation was prolonged and frequently bimodal while the response to non-noxious stimulation was brief. The same neurons were fired by electrical stimuli applied directly to nucleus caudalis but with longer latencies suggesting a contributory role of nucleus caudalis to the characteristic prolonged bimodal response pattern to noxious stimuli. Interacting noxious and non-noxious stimuli using condition-test sequences demonstrated further stimulus mode-related changes in firing patterns. Electrical conditioning stimuli in nucleus caudalis reduced some responses while strychnine sulfate applied into nucleus caudalis augmented the responses evoked in rostral nuclei by both noxious and non-noxious peripheral stimuli. Nucleus caudalis appeared to contain elements which may modulate activity in rostral trigeminal nuclei by either augmenting or reducing specific firing patterns of second-order neurons in rostral relay nuclei.
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