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Control of an injured spinal cord: Perspectives after regeneration
Avis H. CohenDepartment of Biology
Institute for Systems ResearchNeurosciences and Cognitive Sciences
University of MarylandCollege Park, MD
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Collaborators
• Ralph Etienne-Cummings (chips)– University of Maryland; Johns Hopkins University
• Anthony Lewis (robotics)– Iguana robotics
• Lina Chakrabarti (histology)• Guan Li (neurophysiology)• Tim Kiemel (mathematics)
– University of Maryland
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Lamprey: Model for Spinal Cord Injury
Functional regeneration: Restoration of normal behavior
After injuryWhole animal swimming
Fictive swimming –“swimming” by isolated spinal cord
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DYSfunctional and Functional Regeneration
Whole animal swimming: Functional and Dysfunctional(a) functional (b, c, d) dysfunctional
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Functional versus Dysfunctional Regeneration
• Functional regeneration is most common in animals recovered at room temperature.
• Dysfunctional regeneration is most common in animals recovered at the normal cold room temperature.
Reason for this difference is unknown.
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What’s required for locomotion?
Spinal cord functions• Functional Central Pattern Generator (CPG) for
locomotion• Proper coordination across the lesion site• Proper sensorimotor integration with mechanics of the
body
Brain functions• Effective initiation of locomotion• Appropriate control of swim speed and force
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What’s required for locomotion after spinal cord injury?
• Initiation and control– Across lesion
• Coordination of segments– Limbs, trunk and
breathing
From Kandel, Schwartz & Jessel
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What’s required for locomotion?
CPG Functions• Rhythmicity – segments must all burst regularly
• Intersegmental coupling – must maintain all the segments at a common frequency
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Segmental bursting frequencies are intrinsically different
Fictive swimming – normal unlesioned spinal cords
Full coupling > one frequency
Weak coupling > two frequencies
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What is known about CPG?
Theory: If frequency difference is too great, then there must be strong coupling to hold the
segments together.
Therefore:If the frequency differences of the segments are too great
orIf the coupling is too weak then the segments will burst at different frequencies.
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Control of segmental frequency
• Neuromodulators can and do alter the frequencies of segmental oscillators.
• Notable is serotonin. Serotonin in lamprey is both intrinsic to the spinal cord and descends from the brainstem.
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Serotonin Immunoreactivity: Normal distribution
Broadly distributed serotoninimmunoreactivity along the length of the
spinal cord
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Serotonin immunoreactivityafter injury
Segment immediately below lesion site: some restoration after 6 months
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Serotonin immunoreactivityafter injury
Distal to lesion site – no recovery even after 1 year
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Serotonin after injury
•Rostral segments: serotonin distribution is normal
•Caudal segments: serotonin distribution is abnormal
– Descending fibers are gone
– Local fibers are preserved
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Distribution of modulator after spinal injury
• THEREFORE: neuromodulatory transmitter ismaldistributed after spinal injury.
• THEREFORE: control of segmental frequencies will be disturbed after spinal injury.
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Intersegmental coordination
*Remember: If the frequency differences are too great,
*then the coupling must be strong to maintain proper coordination.
• What is known about normal system?
• What is known about regenerated system?
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Normal intersegmental Coupling: Distributed and Strong
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Coordinating system in spinal injured animals
• Animals vary considerably in their regeneration
• In regenerated spinal cords– Functional animals have stronger coupling– Dysfunctional animals have weak coupling
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Intersegmental coordination and functional status
• Cross correlation of bursting in isolated spinal cord
• NRCCH: normalized cross correlation –max = 1.0
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Origin of dysfunctional behavior
• Improper serotonin regeneration >> improper frequency regulation in caudal versus rostral segments >> exaggerated frequency differences across lesion site
• Weakened intersegmental coordinating system is insufficient to maintain proper segmental relationships with the extreme frequency differences
• This could account for some of the problems of the dysfunctional animals
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Spinal cord regeneration in mammalian species
• Short distance regeneration now known for some fibers descending from the brain
• Long distance regeneration now known for serotonergicand dopaminergic neurons
• Nothing is known about the regeneration of propriospinal neurons – the intersegmental coordinating neurons.
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Need another solution!
• Even the primitive relatively simple lamprey that regenerates spontaneously has problems.
• What can we expect in the more complex less robust spinal cords of humans?
• Full behavioral recovery in humans is VERY far away.
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Neuroprosthetic device?
• Why do we need one?– Because regeneration while coming is not coming
rapidly.– Many young men want to walk – NOW
• Lamprey experiments suggest significant problems may arise with regeneration.– Therefore, regeneration may be difficult to make
adaptive in the near future.