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Journal of Neuroscience, Vol 6, 2012-2018, Copyright © 1986 by Society for Neuroscience

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Effects of nerve growth factor on the survival and synaptic function of Ia sensory neurons axotomized in neonatal rats

Y Miyata, Y Kashihara, S Homma and M Kuno

Sensory neurons with small diameters (A delta and C cells) are known to be responsive to exogenous NGF even at postnatal stages. We have examined whether large Group Ia sensory neurons (A alpha cells) arising from muscle spindles are also responsive to NGF in neonatal rats. For this purpose, monosynaptic excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) were evoked in spinal motoneurons by Group Ia muscle afferent volleys. When a muscle nerve was crushed on the day after birth, the monosynaptic EPSPs elicited by afferent volleys from the muscle were depressed within several weeks. This synaptic depression was partially reversed by daily treatment with NGF. NGF treatment also enhanced the EPSPs evoked by stimulation of intact muscle nerves, but this effect was less marked than that on the EPSPs produced by stimulation of the previously crushed muscle nerve. Exogenous NGF was effective for the EPSPs when the treatment began on the day after birth but not when the treatment began 4 d after birth. Following crush of a muscle nerve on the day after birth, about 45% of the sensory neurons derived from the muscle were lost. The cell death of small sensory neurons was prevented by daily treatment with NGF, whereas the NGF treatment was ineffective in preventing the cell death of large sensory neurons. The results indicate that Group Ia sensory neurons are responsive to NGF during early postnatal life.

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