Final- 3. Chapman's Points (lecture) Flashcards
What fibers do the upper layers of spinal cord gray matter contain?
A delta fast pain fibers
Small C slow pain fibers
What fibers do the lower layers of Spinal cord gray matter contain?
Efferents: interneurons, motor neuron cell bodies
What function do interneurons serve for sensory input?
Amplify or inhibit output
What effect does visceral disturbance have on somatic musculature?
Activates it => Facilitated segment => alter visceral function => decompensation of homeostasis
How long does short term excitability last?
90-120 seconds
What are the steps for increasing sensitivity of neurons?
- Sensitization (short term excitability)
- Long term sensitization
- Fixation
- Permanent excitability
What phase of increased neuron sensitization causes death of inhibitory interneurons?
Permanent excitability
Who were the scientists involved with identifying Facilitated Segments?
Denslow - 1st to associate excitable changes w/ injury and disease
Korr - Suggested that low level spinal reflex represented pathways in hyperexcited state because they were constantly bombarded w/ input
Who coined the term Facilitated Segment?
Dr. I.M. Korr
What is the Nociceptive theory of facilitated segments?
- Stimulus depolarizes nociceptive pathways =>
- Impulse travels to spinal cord (SC) =>
- Branch to multiple sites =>
- Release peptides at motorneuron level in peripheral tissues =>
- Inflammatory cascade, release of prostaglandins, bradykinins =>
- Lower nociceptor thresholds =>
- Increased input to SC =>
- Larger than normal motor output to autonomic and somatic systems =>
- Facilitated segment
What is allostasis?
The process by which the body responds to stressors in order to regain homeostasis = long-term neural effect of segmental facilitation
What is the allostatic process on facilitated segments?
Stimulus applied to tissues => release of cytokines and peptides => inflammation => primary afferent sensitization => hyperalgesia (exaggerated response to noxious stimulus) => secondary hyperalgesia
What is the dorsal horn involvement in allostasis?
Open Ca++ channels, initiate phosphorylation cascades
Lose inhibitory neuron fxn
Aid in maintaining facilitation
What is the ventral horn involvement in allostasis?
Facilitation outflow to autonomics => affect visceral fxn
Facilitation outflow to soma => muscle spasm, asymmetry, altered ROM
What is the brainstem involvement in allostasis?
Facilitation decreases endogenous descending pathways
Facilitation decreases arousal system (glucocorticoids, catecolamines) => loss of protective mechanisms => allostasis
What is the withdrawal response? What type of reflex is this?
Noxious stimulus (heat from oven) is applied to somatic structure (skin of hand)
Somatosomatic