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- G Grant and J Ygge.
- J. Comp. Neurol. 1981 Nov 1;202(3):357-64.
AbstractTransganglionic degeneration in primary sensory neurons (TGD) has been studied with the Fink-Heimer and cupric silver methods in the adult rat after transection of thoracic spinal nerve branches. Degeneration was found in the ipsilateral dorsal horn after 13 to 53 days postoperative survival. It was observed in laminae III and IV, inconsistently in lamina I, but not in lamina II (substantia gelatinosa). After transection of the dorsal ramus of the spinal nerve degeneration was seen in the lateral third of the laminae. Transection of the intercostal nerve (ventral ramus) at about the costal angle gave rise to degeneration in the medial two-thirds and transection more distally, at about the mid-clavicular line, in the most medial part of the dorsal horn. The results are in accordance with previous anatomical and physiological studies of the somatotopical organization of the dorsal horn. They clearly show the usefulness of TGD as a tool for analysis of central projections of primary sensory neurons.
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