Loss of substance P immunoreactivity in the nucleus of the spinal trigeminal tract after intradural tumour compression of the trigeminal nerve

Erik P. Pioro, J. Trevor Hughes, A. Claudio Cuello*

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Abstract

The peptide, substance P (SP), is suspected of being a mediator of nociception. Immunoreactive SP is conspicuously present in areas of the mammalian central nervous system which receive nociceptive input. We have observed that compression of the trigeminal nerve by an intradural tumour deposit results in the ipsilateral depletion of SP immunoreactivity in human spinal trigeminal nucleus. These results expand previous experimental animal studies which associate this peptide with a subpopulation of primary sensory neurones and, in addition, demonstrate a correlation between the levels of SP immunoreactivity and premortem clinical sensory alterations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)7-12
Number of pages6
JournalNeuroscience Letters
Volume58
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 4 1985

Keywords

  • human
  • peptide
  • spinal trigeminal nucleus
  • subnucleus interpolaris
  • subnucleus oralis
  • substance P immunoreactivity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Neuroscience

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