Evoked bioelectrical activity of efferent fibers of the sciatic nerve of white rats in experimental menopause.

A. G. Rodinsky; S. S. Tkachenko; L. V. Guz

doi:10.26641/2307-0404.2016.1.63440

Authors

A. G. Rodinsky
S. S. Tkachenko
L. V. Guz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26641/2307-0404.2016.1.63440

Keywords:

experimental menopause, electrophysiological studies, ventral roots

Abstract

The aim of our work was analysis of the bioelectrical activity of efferent fibers of the sciatic nerve in experimental menopause condition. Experiments were performed on 25 female white rats, divided into experimental and control groups. Menopause was modeled by total ovariohysterectomy. In 120 days after modeling we had recorded evoked action potentials of fibers of isolated ventral root L5 induced by stimulation of sciatic nerve with rectangular pulses. Threshold, chronaxia, latency, amplitude and duration of the action potential (AP) were analysed. Refractory phenomenon was investigated by applying paired stimuli at intervals of 2 to 20 ms. In the context of long-term hypoestrogenemy threshold of AP appearance was 55,32±7,69%, chronaxy – 115,09±2,67%, latent period – 112,62±1,74% as compared with the control animals (p<0.01). In conditions of paired stimuli applying the amplitude of response to the testing stimulus in animals with ovariohysterectomy at intervals 3 and 4 ms was 61,25±36,45% and 53,48±18,64% (p<0.05) respectively.

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