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Heterosynaptic facilitation of mechanical nociceptive input is dependent on the frequency of conditioning stimulation.

Abstract：

:High-frequency burstlike electrical conditioning stimulation (HFS) applied to human skin induces an increase in mechanical pinprick sensitivity of the surrounding unconditioned skin (a phenomenon known as secondary hyperalgesia). The present study assessed the effect of frequency of conditioning stimulation on the development of this increased pinprick sensitivity in humans. In a first experiment, we compared the increase in pinprick sensitivity induced by HFS, using monophasic non-charge-compensated pulses and biphasic charge-compensated pulses. High-frequency stimulation, traditionally delivered with non-charge-compensated square-wave pulses, may induce a cumulative depolarization of primary afferents and/or changes in pH at the electrode-tissue interface due to the accumulation of a net residue charge after each pulse. Both could contribute to the development of the increased pinprick sensitivity in a frequency-dependent fashion. We found no significant difference in the increase in pinprick sensitivity between HFS delivered with charge-compensated and non-charge-compensated pulses, indicating that the possible contribution of charge accumulation when non-charge-compensated pulses are used is negligible. In a second experiment, we assessed the effect of different frequencies of conditioning stimulation (5, 20, 42, and 100 Hz) using charge-compensated pulses on the development of increased pinprick sensitivity. The maximal increase in pinprick sensitivity was observed at intermediate frequencies of stimulation (20 and 42 Hz). It is hypothesized that the stronger increase in pinprick sensitivity at intermediate frequencies may be related to the stronger release of substance P and/or neurokinin-1 receptor activation expressed at lamina I neurons after C-fiber stimulation.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Burstlike electrical conditioning stimulation applied to human skin induces an increase in pinprick sensitivity in the surrounding unconditioned skin (a phenomenon referred to as secondary hyperalgesia). Here we show that the development of the increase in pinprick sensitivity is dependent on the frequency of the burstlike electrical conditioning stimulation.

journal_name

J Neurophysiol

journal_title

Journal of neurophysiology

authors

van den Broeke EN,Gousset S,Bouvy J,Stouffs A,Lebrun L,van Neerven SGA,Mouraux A

doi

10.1152/jn.00274.2019

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-09-01 00:00:00

pages

994-1001

issue

eissn

0022-3077

issn

1522-1598

journal_volume

122

pub_type

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Heterosynaptic facilitation of mechanical nociceptive input is dependent on the frequency of conditioning stimulation.