Effect of 1-tetrahydropalmatine on spontaneous electric discharge induced by chronic dorsal root ganglion neurons compression in rats / 中国中西医结合杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the effect of 1-tetrahydropalmatine (1-THP) on the spontaneous electric discharge (SED) induced by chronic dorsal root ganglion neurons compression.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Using single fiber recording method, the SED of 84 neurons class A induced by compression were recorded. The effect of 1-THP on the SEDs and its relation with concentration were observed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>In the 84 SED of neurons, 25 showed periodical rhythmicity (PR) and 59 showed non-periodic rhythmicity (non-PR). 1-THP (100 micromol/L) inhibited SED in 16.0% (4/25) of neurons with PR and 67.8% (40/59) of neurons with non-PR (P < 0.01) in an effect-dose dependent manner, the higher the concentration of 1-THP, the more the inhibition, with quicker inhibiting in initiation and longer time needed for recovery. SED in 57.1% neurons were recovered 20 min after elution, but unrecovered even after 3 h in the others.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>1-THP shows inhibitory effect on the A-fiber SED induced by chronic dorsal root ganglion neurons compression.</p>