title: Is it possible to generate cerebral evoked potentials with a mechanical stimulus from the duodenum in rats?
abstract: The study aim was to develop a model to generate cerebral evoked potentials (CEPs) by mechanical distention of the duodenum in rats. Twenty Sprague-Dawley rats were anaesthetized and the EEG recorded from the left and right somatosensory cortices (S1L, S1R). A balloon catheter was implanted into the duodenum. A pneumatic device, triggered by data acquisition software, inflated the balloon for 200 ms every 3s to deliver a repeatable noxious stimulus. EEG was recorded for 100 ms before and 500 ms after onset of inflation and the response to 512 stimuli averaged to generate a CEP. Two CEPs were generated in each animal and data summed to calculate a single CEP for each channel. Data were excluded when the signal to noise ratio was < 2, therefore data are presented from 11 animals. A repeatable CEP was identified in waveforms recorded from S1L. The mean (S.D.) CEP comprised a triphasic waveform (P1, N1, P2) with latencies of 246.0 (24.7), 289.3 (12.8) and 321.5 (13.2)ms, respectively. We are the first group to have generated and characterized a CEP following mechanical stimulation of the duodenum. This model can be applied to further elucidate the mechanisms leading to visceral pain perception.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Veterinary Animal and Biomedical Sciences, College of Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North, New Zealand. J.C.Murrell@massey.ac.nz
authors.forename: Joanna C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Murrell
authors.forename: Sheryl L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Mitchinson
authors.forename: Alastair C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Johnstone
authors.forename: Craig B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Geoffrey R G
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Barnes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004386:Duodenum / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000502:physiology