disorders of peripheral nerves. symptoms and signs of disorders of nerves caused by changes in axons...
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Disorders of peripheral nerves
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Symptoms and signs of disorders of nerves
• Caused by changes in axons–Increased conduction time–Increased temporal dispersion
• Expression of neural plasticity causing changes in the function of CNS structures
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Anatomy of peripheral nerves
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Anatomy of peripheral nerves
• Peripheral nerves have different conduction velocity
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Conduction velocity in nerves and fiber tracts
• Proportional to fiber diameter• Peripheral nerves: ~50 meter/sec
(5 cm/msec)• Spinal descending tracts: ~70-100 m/sec • Cranial nerves: varies
(Auditory nerve: 20 m/sec)
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Fig 4.3From: Møller: Sensory Systems, 2003
Nerve fibers with different diameter have different conduction velocity
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Epineurium
Perineurium
Endoneurium
Fascicles
Nerve fiber
Node of Ranvier
Schwann cell
Myelin
Axon
From: Møller: Sensory Systems, 2003
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Many nerves are mixed nerves
• Contains nerve fibers with different conduction velocity
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Recording from a long nerve composed of fibers with different diameter thus different conduction velocity
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Organization of the dorsal horn of the spinal cord
FROM BRODAL 1998
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Many nerves are bipolar nerves
• Examples are dorsal roots
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From Brodal 1998
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Pathologies of peripheral nerves
Nerves:• Neurapraxia• Axonotmesis • Neurotmesis Nuclei:• Altered discharge pattern (burst activity)
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Causes of injury to peripheral nerves
• Trauma• Compression (entrapment)• Irritation• Metabolic disorders• Inflammatory (neuritis)• Virus• Age related changes
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Trauma to peripheral nerves
• Interruption of nerve trunk (neurotmesis)
• Interruption of axons (axonotmesis)
• Total conduction failure (neurapraxia)
• Impaired conduction (no morphologic change)
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Normal
Central portion Peripheral portion
Stretched
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Axon
EpineuriumPerineuriumEndoneurium
Neurapraxia
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Total conduction failure (neurapraxia)
• No function
• Recovers spontaneously over days or weeks (when the cause is resolved)
• Results of spontaneous recovery are almost always good
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Interruption of axons (axonotmesis)
• No function
• New axon grows from cell body (spontaneously)
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Axonotmesis
• Nerve may regenerate from injured location away from the cell body
• Regeneration: 1 mm per day (approx. 1 inch per month)
• Results of spontaneous recovery are good to moderate depending on distance
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Interruption of nerve trunk (neurotmesis)
• No function
• Irreversible, grafting is required
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Neurotmesis
• Does not regenerate spontaneously
• Grafting is necessary to restore function
• Results of grating are good to moderate to failures
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Injured nerves
Axon interrupted(Wallerian degeneration)
Interruption of axon andendoneurial sheet
Interruption ofperineurial sheet
Interruption of nerve trunk
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Axon
EpineuriumPerineuriumEndoneurium
Type 2
Type 3
Type 4
Type 5
Axonotmesis
Neurotmesis
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Interrupted axons
• Degenerate distally (away from cell body)
• Wallerian degeneration
• Interrupted axons regenerate from injury, provided that endoneural tube is intact
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Wallerian degeneration means:
The degenerative changes the distal segment of a peripheral nerve fiber (axon and myelin) undergoes when its continuity with its cell body is interrupted by a focal lesion. Syn: orthograde degeneration, secondary degeneration.
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START 9/7/05
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Remaining symptoms after nerve healing of injury
• Synkinesis
• Hyperactivity
(Mostly caused by effect on central nervous system structures)
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Electrophysiological manifestations of pathologies of peripheral nerves
Nerves:• Increased conduction times • Increased or decreased discharge activity• Dispersion of neural activity • Altered discharge pattern (burst activity)
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Cause of neural pathologies
• Mechanical (compression, stretching)• Heat• Metabolic• Inflammation• Iatrogenic (from medical treatment)• Idiopathic (unknown)• Age
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Trauma
• Gunshot to limbs
• Accidents
• Surgery (iatrogenic)
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Sprouting
• Caused by injury
• Caused by regeneration
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Formation of neuroma
• Sprouting of axons at cut of a nerve
• Injured perineurium
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Neuroma are mechanically sensitive
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Compression
• No known cause
• Scar tissue
• Changes in bone formation
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Block of axoplasmatic flow
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Irritation
• Scar tissue
• Blood vessels
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Metabolic and chemical induced peripheral neuropathy
• Diabetes
• Uremic, hepatic and vitamin (B1,B2,B12) deficits
• Alcohol
• Chemical
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Inflammatory (neuritis)
• Guillain-Barre syndrome
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Virus
• Herpes simplex (causes severe pain)
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Demyelination
• Ephaptic transmission
• Reflection of neural activity
• Mechanosensitivity
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Injury to a peripheral nerve can cause transneural degeneration of the target cell
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Functional implications of neural injuries
• Change the function of the target central neurons:– May cause expression of neural plasticity
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Abnormal activity in a peripheral nerve can cause changes in the
function of the target cells
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Cause of synkinesis and hyperactivity
• Plastic changes in target neurons induced by the injury
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Expression of neural plasticity from injury to sensory nerves:
• Deprivation of input
• Overstimulation
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Impaired conduction
• Decreased conduction velocity
• Increased refractory period
• Ectopic (out of place) activity
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Irritation of peripheral nerves
• Cause change in central processing
– Pain
– Hypersensitivity
– Spasm
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Irritation of nerve roots
• Cause change in central processing
• Transition between peripheral and central myelin is especially sensitive
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Irritation of nerve roots
• Pain
• Hyperalgesia
• Spasm
(Expression of neural plasticity)
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Start 9/12/05
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Signs of peripheral nerve disorders
• Motor nerves:– Paralysis– Spasm– Electrophysiologic changes
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Explanation
A sign is any abnormality indicative of disease, discoverable on examination of the patient.
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Symptoms of peripheral nerve disorders
• Sensory nerves– Numbness– Tingling– Pain
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A symptom is any morbid phenomenon or departure from the normal in structure, function, or sensation, experienced by the patient and indicative of disease.
Explanation
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Slightly injured nerves (demyelination)
• Decreased conduction velocity
• Abnormal firing pattern
• Peripheral nerves as impulse generators
• Possible ephaptic*) transmission
*) Direct transfer of impulse activity from one nerve fiber to another
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Decreased conduction velocity
• Temporal dispersion of neural activity
• Change in neural coding of sensory stimuli
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Decreased conduction velocity
• The decrease is not the same for all fibers
• Temporal dispersion of neural activity
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Increased spatial dispersion
• Can decrease excitation
• Can increase excitation
• Can degrade temporal information
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Action potential
Threshold
Threshold
EPSP
EPSP
From Møller 2005
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Temporal dispersion
1. Can decrease the activation of the target neuron
2. Can increase the duration of firing of the target neuron, which can increase or decrease activation of the following neuron.
3. Increased temporal dispersion may prevent activation of the next neuron in a chain, or it may make it possible to activate neurons that are not normally activated.
4. Increased temporal dispersion may degrade information when temporal coding is important such as in sensory systems, most pronounced in hearing
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Abnormal firing pattern
• Burst firing
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Threshold
Resting potential
Incoming nerve impulses
Action potential
From Møller 2005
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Peripheral nerves as impulse generators
• Ectopic activity– After demyelination– Diabetic neuropathy– Adrenergic substances facilitate impulse
generation
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Ectopic firing
• Burst
• Rhythmic
• After-discharges to stimulation