• J. Comp. Neurol. · Feb 1995

    Inputs from identified jaw-muscle spindle afferents to trigeminothalamic neurons in the rat: a double-labeling study using retrograde HRP and intracellular biotinamide.

    • P Luo and D Dessem.
    • Department of Physiology, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-1586, USA.
    • J. Comp. Neurol. 1995 Feb 27; 353 (1): 50-66.

    AbstractProjections from physiologically identified jaw-muscle spindle afferents onto trigeminothalamic neurons were studied in the rat. Trigeminothalamic neurons were identified by means of retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase from the ventroposteromedial nucleus of the thalamus. Labeled neurons were found contralaterally in the supratrigeminal region (Vsup), the trigeminal principal sensory nucleus, the ventrolateral part of the trigeminal subnucleus oralis, the spinal trigeminal subnuclei interpolaris and caudalis, the reticular formation, and an area ventral to the trigeminal motor nucleus (Vmo) and medial to the trigeminal principal sensory nucleus (AVM). Jaw-muscle spindle afferents were physiologically identified by their increased firing during stretching of the jaw muscles and intracellularly injected with biotinamide. Axon collaterals and boutons from jaw-muscle spindle afferents were found in Vmo; Vsup; the dorsomedial part of the trigeminal principal sensory nucleus (Vpdm); the dorsomedial part of the spinal trigeminal subnuclei oralis, interpolaris (Vidm) and caudalis; the parvicellular reticular formation (PCRt); and the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus. Trigeminothalamic neurons in Vsup, Vpdm, Vidm, PCRt, and AVM were associated with axon collaterals and boutons from intracellularly stained jaw-muscle spindle afferents. Trigeminothalamic neurons in Vsup, Vpdm, Vidm, and PCRt were closely apposed by one to 14 intracellularly labeled boutons from jaw-muscle spindle afferents, suggesting a powerful input to some trigeminothalamic neurons. These data demonstrate that muscle length and velocity feedback from jaw-muscle spindle afferents is projected to the contralateral thalamus via multiple regions of the trigeminal system and implicates these pathways in the projection of trigeminal proprioceptive information to the cerebral cortex.

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