cranial nerve 5 Flashcards
Hyperalgesia
- Pain hypersensitivity
- noxious stimulus that evokes pain sensation greater than normal
Allodynia
“differing from normal-pain”
- pain hypersensitivity
- non-noxious stimuli that evokes pain sensation
Inflammatory pain
A) caused by tissue damage
B) produces hypersensitivity at site
C) usually resolved when disease controlled
Neuropathic pain
A) caused by nervous system lesion
B) independent of peripheral pathology
C) pain persists after lesion is healed
Peripheral sensitization-
stimulation of afferent endings
hyperalgesia
repeated stimulation producing “autosensitization”
Sensitizing agents
peripheral sensitization
A) bradykinin
B) norepinephrin
C) prostaglandins
D) seratonin
T/F: peripheral sensitization takes a long time to reverse
FALSE
its quickly reversible
Central sensitization:
intense and prolonged stimulation of nociceptive fibers
Prolonged stimulation of nociceptive fibers can result in:
A) modification of peripheral receptors
modifying peripheral receptors results in what?
central sensitization
A) enhanced receptor sensitivity
B) increased number of receptor sites
where does central sensitization “wind-up” occur?
in the posterior horn/trigeminal spinal nucleus
enhanced activity of C fibers (pain fibers) results in what?
A) increased sensitivity of glutamate receptors
B) suppressed activity of inhibitory interneurons
Migroglia: overview
1) morphology changes with activity- microgliosis
2) microglia are physically active with pre and post synaptic elements
how does the microglia morphology change when they are activated?
Surveillance state= resting state
- small central region and long, narrow processes
enhanced response state= activated state
-enlarged, ameoboid configuration
how long do microglia make synaptic contact? how often does this occur?
make contact for roughly 5 minutes
one contact per hour
Astrocytes- the 2 states and when they occur
a) active state- normal state
b) reactive state- during pain hypersensitivity
Active state of astrocytes
- interact between neuron and vascular supply
- recycle neurotransmitters (mainly glutamate)
how do active state astrocytes recycle glutamate?
glutamate-glutamine shuttle
Reactive state astrocytes
enhance synaptic activity
promote microglia into “enhanced response state”
during acute inflammatory pain, what is the role of astrocytes?
promoting microlglia toward enhanced response state
what is the main promotor factor involved in acute inflammatory pain?
ATP
what do microglia release during acute inflammatory pain?
Release inflammatory cytokines
activate neurons within spinal cord
what region of the spinal cord is activated by inflammatory cytokines? (acute infl pain)
spinal cord dorsal horn / trigeminal spinal nucleus
what occurs when peripheral inflammatory situations resolve?
microglia enhanced response state returns to resting state
what causes chronic neuropathic pain?
long-term change in CNS structure
microglia activity in chronic neuropathic pain
Migroglia remain in enhanced response state
-continue releasing inflammatory cytokines
astrocyte activity in chronic neuropathic pain
continue promoting activation of microglia
a result of positive-feedback from microglia
name the 3 branches of the trigeminal nerve
1) Opthalmic division- V1
2) maxillary division- V2
3) mandibular division- V3
what region does V1 supply?
upper face
*sensory only
what region does V2 supply?
middle face
*sensory only
what region does V3 supply?
lower face
*BOTH sensory and motor
T/F: the borders between skin areas served by CN V show moderate overlap
FALSE
borders between each division are sharp
what type of nerve fiber makes up 2/3rds of the trigeminal nerve?
C fibers
Cell body origin of SVE for the trigeminal nerve
trigeminal motor nucleus