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8). (i) AMPA. Activation of the AMPA receptor leads to a short lasting but prominent increase in sodium conductance, yielding a robust, transient depolarization. Direct monosynaptic afferent-evoked excitation is largely mediated by the AMPA receptors, for example, AMPA receptor antagonists will block most acute excitatory input and produce an acute analgesia. A subtype of AMPA receptor is Ca permeable. For example, activation of these receptors leads to large increases in intracellular calcium.
For sP and CGRP, excitation is through G protein-coupled receptors, neurokinin 1 (NK1) and CGRP, the effects of which are cAMP dependent and couple through the activation of phospholipase C. Activation of these receptors leads to slow, relatively long-lasting membrane depolarization accompanied by an increase in intracellular calcium. Agents which block the NK1 or CGRP receptor will produce minor effects upon the behavior evoked by acute excitation but will reduce the onset of the facilitated state and behaviorally defined hyperalgesia.
A subtype of AMPA receptor is Ca permeable. For example, activation of these receptors leads to large increases in intracellular calcium. (ii) NMDA. NMDA is a glutamate-activated ionophore that passes sodium and calcium. 2; Fig. 7) [19–22]. 1 A Survey of Systems Involved in Nociceptive Processing 13 Horizontal Receptive field (RF) 1 Injury RF1 Sensitize neuron 1 Input RF2 now activates neuron 1 RF for neuron 1= RF (1+2) 2 Transverse Fig. 8 Schematic presents the spinal cord in horizontal section (see Fig.
