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The Journal of Neuroscience, May 15, 2001, 21(10):3531-3541
Adaptive Locomotor Plasticity in Chronic Spinal Cats after Ankle Extensors Neurectomy
Laurent J. G. Bouyer1, Patrick J. Whelan2, Keir G. Pearson3, and Serge Rossignol1 1 Centre de Recherche en Sciences Neurologiques, Department of Physiology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3J7, 2 Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1, and 3 Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H7
After lateral gastrocnemius-soleus (LGS) nerve section in intact cats, a rapid locomotor compensation involving synergistic muscles occurs and is accompanied by spinal reflex changes. Only some of these changes are maintained after acute spinalization, indicating the involvement of descending pathways in functional recovery. Here, we address whether the development of these adaptive changes is dependent on descending pathways. The left LGS nerve was cut in three chronic spinal cats. Combined kinematics and electromyographic (EMG) recordings were obtained before and for 8 d after the neurectomy. An increased yield at the ankle was present early after neurectomy and, as in nonspinal cats, was gradually reduced within 8 d. Compensation involved transient changes in step cycle structure and a longer term increase in postcontact medial gastrocnemius (MG) EMG activity. Precontact MG EMG only increased in one of three cats. In a terminal experiment, the influence of group I afferents from MG and LGS on stance duration was measured in two cats. LGS effectiveness at increasing stance duration was largely decreased in both cats. MG effectiveness was only slightly changed: increased in one cat and decreased in another. In cat 3, the plantaris nerve was cut after LGS recovery. The recovery time courses from both neurectomies were similar (p > 0.8), suggesting that this spinal compensation is likely a generalizable adaptive strategy. From a functional perspective, the spinal cord therefore must be considered capable of adaptive locomotor plasticity after motor nerve lesions. This finding is of prime importance to the understanding of functional plasticity after spinal injury.
Key words: locomotion; spinal cats; functional plasticity; neurectomy; reflex; EMG
Copyright © 2001 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/01/21103531-11$05.00/0
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