Abstract:
:A hypothalamic oxytocinergic-descending pathway that reaches the dorsal horn of the spinal cord has been well documented and recently related to states of pain and analgesia. In order to study the action of the neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) on pain-related responses, we compared dorsal horn neuronal responses to electrical and mechanical stimulation of receptive fields in normal and neuropathic rats. Spinal nerve (L5 and L6) ligation (Chung rats) was used to produce experimental neuropathy. Single unit activity was recorded at the L4-L5 level from neurons identified as wide dynamic range presenting latency responses corresponding to A-beta, A-delta, C fibers and also exhibiting post-discharge, and wind-up. We tested intrathecally applied doses of 0.05, 0.1, 1, 2, 5, 10 I.U. of OT. Minor effects on responses to electrical stimulation were present in normal rats. Mechanical responses evoked by von Frey filaments were slightly reduced in normal animals. In neuropathic rats a dose of 1 I.U. produced a significant reduction in C-fibers and post-discharge activities, and doses of 2 I.U. caused a further, pronounced reduction in post-discharge, wind-up, and input values. However, the most marked change was the post-discharge reduction at 10 and 20 min after OT administration. Mechanical responses were significantly reduced in terms of their discharge rate response in neuropathic rats. The contrasting results obtained in normal and neuropathic rats revealed an important distinction between these animals and indicate that plastic changes occur as a consequence of nerve damage. In neuropathic rats, mechanisms involving ascending noxious information to the paraventricular nuclei and descending OT activities could be altered so sensitizing the OT receptors of the spinal dorsal horn cells and could explain our observations. Our results point out an anti-algesic OT effect in neuropathic rats.
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Brain Resjournal_title
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Condés-Lara M,Maie IA,Dickenson AHdoi
10.1016/j.brainres.2005.03.020subject
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2005-05-31 00:00:00pages
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