INFLUENCE OF LONG-TERM VIBRATION ON THE ACTIVITY OF THE SUPERIOR VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS NEURONS UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF STIMULATION OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEI

Georgian Med News. 2023 Apr:(337):125-131.

Abstract

Prolonged vibration exposure leads to alterations of the central control mechanisms of both the vestibulo-ocular and the vestibulo-autonomic systems, including a change in the hypothalamic-vestibular relationships associated, in particular, with the supraoptic nucleus and paraventricular nucleus. Post-vibration disturbances of the vestibular function are largely due to adaptive changes in neurotransmitter activity. The dynamics of spike activity of single neurons of the superior vestibular nucleus (SVN) in response to high-frequency stimulation of the paraventricular and supraoptic hypothalamic nuclei after long-term vibration exposure were analyzed. Analysis of impulse activity revealed the prevalence of tetanic potentiation in the responses of SVN neurons to high-frequency stimulation of paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei of rats. Exposure of animals to vibration led to a decrease in the number of neurons with tetanic potentiations and significant dominance of post-tetanic potentiation. Morphological and histochemical results showed that under hypothalamic stimulation in the SVN neurons of rats exposed to vibration, there is an increase in metabolism and dephosphorylation processes in the cellular structures of the studied brain area, which ultimately provides optimal conditions for the processes of cell survival and regeneration.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain
  • Hypothalamus* / physiology
  • Neurons / physiology
  • Rats
  • Vestibular Nuclei / metabolism
  • Vibration*