Regressive changes in sizes of somatosensory cuneate nucleus after sensory loss in primates

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dc.contributor.authorQi, Hui-Xin
dc.contributor.authorReed, Jamie L.
dc.contributor.authorLiao, Chia-Chi
dc.contributor.authorKaas, Jon H.
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-16T21:45:33Z
dc.date.available2023-02-16T21:45:33Z
dc.date.issued2023
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dc.description.abstractNeurons in the early stages of processing sensory information suffer transneuronal atrophy when deprived of their activating inputs. For over 40 years, members of our laboratory have studied the reorganization of somatosensory cortex during and after recovering from different types of sensory loss. Here, we took advantage of the preserved histological material from these studies of the cortical effects of sensory loss to evaluate the histological consequences in the cuneate nucleus of the lower brainstem and adjoining spinal cord. The neurons in the cuneate nucleus are activated by touch on the hand and arm, and relay this activation to the contralateral thalamus, and from the thalamus to primary somatosensory cortex. Neurons deprived of activating inputs tend to shrink and sometimes die. Here, we considered the effects of differences in species, type and extent of sensory loss, recovery time after injury, and age at the time of injury on the histology of the cuneate nucleus. The results indicate that all injuries that deprived part or all of the cuneate nucleus of sensory activation result in some atrophy of neurons as reflected by a decrease in nucleus size. The extent of the atrophy is greater with greater sensory loss and with longer recovery times. Bashed on supporting research, atrophy appears to involve a reduction in neuron size and neuropil, with little or no neuron loss. Thus, the potential exists for restoring the hand to cortex pathway with brain-machine interfaces, for bionic prosthetics, or biologically with hand replacement surgery.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported by National Institute of Health Grants [NS16446] to JHK and [NS067017] to HXQ.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1803/18005
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherPNASen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCESen_US
dc.titleRegressive changes in sizes of somatosensory cuneate nucleus after sensory loss in primatesen_US
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