TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of differential delivery of isoflurane to head and torso on lumbar dorsal horn activity
AU - Antognini, Joseph F.
AU - Carstens, Earl
AU - Tabo, Etsuo
AU - Buzin, Viktor
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Background: The spinal cord appears to be the site where anesthetic agents prevent movement in response to noxious stimuli. When isoflurane is differentially delivered to the head and torso (with low torso concentrations), cranial anesthetic requirements increase compared with systemic administration. The aim of the current study was to test the hypothesis that isoflurane action in the brain has descending influences on spinal cord dorsal horn neurons. A secondary aim was to determine the association, if any, of high cranial concentrations of isoflurane (>6%) with dorsal horn activity. Methods: Ten goats were anesthetized with isoflurane and the carotid arteries and jugular veins isolated and cannulated for cerebral bypass. A laminectomy was performed for recording from single lumbar dorsal horn neurons with hind limb mechanical receptive fields (one cell per goat). A standard noxious mechanical stimulus was applied to the dew claw or hoof bulb during a control period with end-tidal isoflurane at 1.3% and during bypass with the following head/torso isoflurane concentrations: 1.3%/1.3%, 3.2%/1.3%, 9.4%/1.3%, 1.3%/0.2%, 3.0%/0.2% and 8.8%/0.3%. Results: When torso isoflurane concentration was 1.3%, increasing cranial isoflurane concentration to 3% or 9% had no significant effect on the activity of dorsal horn units. When torso isoflurane was 0.2-0.3%, spontaneous activity increased; however, at these torso concentrations, evoked responses were significantly decreased (-60%) only when cranial isoflurane concentration was increased to 9%. Conclusions: Isoflurane action in the brain had an inhibitory effect on dorsal horn activity with the combination of supra- clinical cranial and low torso concentrations.
AB - Background: The spinal cord appears to be the site where anesthetic agents prevent movement in response to noxious stimuli. When isoflurane is differentially delivered to the head and torso (with low torso concentrations), cranial anesthetic requirements increase compared with systemic administration. The aim of the current study was to test the hypothesis that isoflurane action in the brain has descending influences on spinal cord dorsal horn neurons. A secondary aim was to determine the association, if any, of high cranial concentrations of isoflurane (>6%) with dorsal horn activity. Methods: Ten goats were anesthetized with isoflurane and the carotid arteries and jugular veins isolated and cannulated for cerebral bypass. A laminectomy was performed for recording from single lumbar dorsal horn neurons with hind limb mechanical receptive fields (one cell per goat). A standard noxious mechanical stimulus was applied to the dew claw or hoof bulb during a control period with end-tidal isoflurane at 1.3% and during bypass with the following head/torso isoflurane concentrations: 1.3%/1.3%, 3.2%/1.3%, 9.4%/1.3%, 1.3%/0.2%, 3.0%/0.2% and 8.8%/0.3%. Results: When torso isoflurane concentration was 1.3%, increasing cranial isoflurane concentration to 3% or 9% had no significant effect on the activity of dorsal horn units. When torso isoflurane was 0.2-0.3%, spontaneous activity increased; however, at these torso concentrations, evoked responses were significantly decreased (-60%) only when cranial isoflurane concentration was increased to 9%. Conclusions: Isoflurane action in the brain had an inhibitory effect on dorsal horn activity with the combination of supra- clinical cranial and low torso concentrations.
KW - Anesthesia mechanisms
KW - Cardiopulmonary bypass
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U2 - 10.1097/00000542-199804000-00026
DO - 10.1097/00000542-199804000-00026
M3 - Article
C2 - 9579515
AN - SCOPUS:0031946650
VL - 88
SP - 1055
EP - 1061
JO - Anesthesiology
JF - Anesthesiology
SN - 0003-3022
IS - 4
ER -