Dorsal root ganglion

Amylin [106602-62-4] (75) (Fig. 4) is a 37-amino acid peptide having approximately 46% sequence similarity to CGRP (33). Amylin is present ia pancreatic P-ceUs along with insulin. It may function as a hormone ia glucoregulation and has been proposed as an etiologic factor ia certain forms of diabetes. Amylin is also present ia dorsal root ganglia (see INSULIN AND OTHER ANTIDIABETIC DRUGS). 

The neuropathological analysis of HIV-associated neuropathies should include the different central and peripheral nervous system structures associated with sensory pathways, including spinal cord, dorsal root ganglia (DRG), peripheral nerve, and cutaneous nerve fibers (Pardo et al. 2001) (Fig. 4.1). The majority of studies have focused on the evaluation of the peripheral nerve, often from sural nerve biopsies and the DRG. Few studies have examined the pathology of sensory pathways in the... 

Fig. 4.2 Dorsal root ganglia pathology in HIV neuropathy is characterized by foci of macrophage-lymphocytic infiltration (a) and Nagoette nodules (b). Infiltration by activated macrophages is demonstrated by immunostaining with anti-CD68 antibodies (c) (scale bar, 50 pm). Reproduced with permission of Wiley-Blackwell Pubhshing (Pardo et al. 2001)...

Zhu Y, Jones G et al (2005) Lentivirus infection causes neuroinflammation and neuronal injury in dorsal root ganglia pathogenic effects of STAT-1 and inducible nitric oxide synthase. J Immunol 175(2) 1118-1126... 

Fig. 9.4 Upregulation of MCPl and CCR2 expression in neurons of the dorsal root ganglia in association with the development of neuropathic pain. Upper panels illustrate expression of CCR2 receptors by in situ hybridization in naive rats (a) and animals subjected to Chronic Compression of the DRG (CCD) a model for neuropathic pain (b). CCR2 is expressed in small sateUite cells and many neurons (white arrows). Bottom panels (c, d) illustrate the expression of MCP-1 (immu-nohistochemistry, red) under the same circumstances. Many neurons (red arrows) express the chemokine (From White et al. 2005)...

Jung H, Toth PT, White FA, Miller RJ (2008) Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 functions as a neuromodulator in dorsal root ganglia neurons. J Neurochem 104 254-263... 

Jung H, Toth PT, White PA, Miller RJ (2008) Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 functions as a neuromodulator in dorsal root ganglia neurons. J Neurochem 104 254-263 Kahn L, Alonso G, Normand E, Manzoni OJ (2005) Repeated morphine treatment alters polysia-lylated neural cell adhesion molecule, glutamate decarboxylase-67 expression and ceU proliferation in the adult rat hippocampus. Em J Nemosci 21 493-500 Kaul M, Ma Q, Medders KE, Desai MK, Lipton SA (2007) HIV-1 coreceptors CCR5 and CXCR4 both mediate neuronal cell death but CCR5 paradoxically can also contribute to protection. Cell Death Differ (2) 296-305... 

Zhang N, Rogers TJ, Caterina M, Oppenheim JJ (2004) Proinflammatory chemokines, such as C-C chemokine hgand 3, desensitize mu-opioid receptors on dorsal root ganglia neurons. J Immunol 173 594-599... 

The neurons from which NTs are released number more than 7 billion in the human brain. Each (Fig. 1.2) consists of a cell body, the soma or perikaryon, with one major cytoplasmic process termed the axon, which projects variable distances to other neurons, e.g. from a cortical pyramidal cell to adjacent cortical neurons, or to striatal neurons or to spinal cord motoneurons. Thus by giving off a number of branches from its axon one neuron can influence a number of others. All neurons, except primary sensory neurons with cell bodies in the spinal dorsal root ganglia, have a number of other, generally shorter, projections running much shorter distances among neighbouring neurons like the branches of a tree. These processes are the dendrites. Their... 

In the periphery PROG and PREG may well have an important trophic action since their production in Schwann cells has been shown to result in increased myelin synthesis in regenerating rat sciatic nerve and cultured dorsal root ganglia (see Koenig et al. 1995). 

Spinal and bulbar cerebellar cortex, brain stem Motor neurons, dorsal root ganglia 11-34 40-62 Androgen receptor NI (n)... 

Afferent neurons that transmit sensory information toward the spinal cord are referred to as first-order sensory neurons. The cell bodies of these neurons are found in the dorsal root ganglia. These ganglia form a swelling in each of the dorsal roots just outside the spinal cord. The portion of the axon between the distal receptor and the cell body is referred to as the peripheral axon and the portion of the axon between the cell body and the axon terminal within the CNS is referred to as the central axon. 

Morphine may be administered orally, intravenously, or epidurally. An advantage of epidural administration is that it provides effective analgesia while minimizing the central depressant effects associated with systemic administration. The mechanism of action with the epidural route of administration involves opioid receptors on the cell bodies of first-order sensory neurons in the dorsal root ganglia as well as their axon terminals in the dorsal hom. Stimulation of these receptors inhibits release of substance P and interrupts transmission of the pain signal to the second-order sensory neuron. 

Groneberg DA, Doring F, Nickolaus M, Daniel H, Fischer A. Expression of PEPT2 peptide transporter mRNA and protein in glial cells of rat dorsal root ganglia. Neurosci Lett 2001 304(3) 181— 184. 

Castagliuolo I, Keates AC, Qiu B, Kelly CP, Nikulasson S, Leeman SE, Pothoulakis C Increased substance P responses in dorsal root ganglia and intestinal macrophages during Clostridium difficile toxin A enteritis in rats. Proc Natl Acad SciUSA 1997 94 4788-4793. 

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