Paralysis may occur when a stroke develops.At that time, it has been reported that the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord, which control muscle contraction, are excessively excited, and if a method for suppressing the excitement is clarified, it may be useful for the treatment of paralysis.It has been reported that rhythmic movement suppresses the activity of the central nervous system, but there are many unclear points about how the activity of the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord changes.
Masataka Kurobe, an associate researcher at Kansai Medical University, and Professor Toshiaki Suzuki, Dean of the Graduate School of Kansai Medical University, examined excitatory changes in the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord after rhythmic exercise.
The method involved subject subjects to perform rhythmic and non-rhythmic exercises, and the excitability of spinal cord anterior horn cells before and after the exercises was investigated.As a result, the excitability of the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord decreased after rhythmic exercise, but the excitability of the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord did not change after the non-rhythmic exercise.
The results of this study suggest that rhythmic exercise is effective in suppressing the excitability of spinal cord anterior horn cells and can be applied to the treatment of paralysis in the clinical setting of rehabilitation.Kurobe et al. Want to investigate under what conditions exercise can more effectively suppress the excitability of spinal cord anterior horn cells.
Paper information:[Muscle & Nerve] Excitability of anterior horn cells after periodic or discrete repetitive movements
