目的:通过对大鼠异食癖程度的观察来判断前庭皮质中前扣带回皮质(ACC)是否在(动病(MS)的产生中起到作用。方法:两组大鼠(对照组和ACC损毁组)接受2h双轴旋转刺激。结果:对照组在高岭土的摄食上产生了很大的差异(P〈0.05),而ACC损毁组的摄取量却没有发生改变(P〉0.05).后数据经Two-WayANOVA处理后显示同对照组比较,手术组的高岭土摄食量在旋转刺激后减少(P〈0.05)。结论:结合组织学证明损毁部位局限于ACC部位这一形态学依据,本研究结果提示ACC在正常神经网络通过参与前庭信息的处理,在MS发生上起到了重要的作用。
Objective:The present work aims to examine whether the vestibular-cortex,anterior cingulate cortex(ACC),plays a role in development of motion sickness(MS)in rat.Methods:Picaism is a symptom indicating motion sickness in rat which didn't have emesis response.Two groups of rats received a 2-hour double rotation exposure,with the experimental group being lesioned by electrolysis at ACC.Results:We observed that rotation stimulation induced a significant increase in kaolin intake in control group(P 0.05),but not in experimental group(P 0.05).Data which had analyzed by two-way ANOVA indicated that lesion of ACC caused significant decrease in kaolin consumption post-rotation(P〈0.05)with comparison of control group.Conclusion:Taken together with the histological results indicating that the electrolysis was restricted to ACC,the present data suggest that ACC,through vestibular information processing by its neurons,exerts a facilitatory role in development of MS.