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NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 407, Issue 2, Pages 176-181Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.08.034
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cytokines; chronic pain; brainstem; thalamus; prefrontal cortex
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- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS035115, NS42660, R01 NS042660] Funding Source: Medline
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We examined mRNA expression of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1 beta in the brainstem, thalamus, and prefrontal cortex in two rat models of neuropathic pain. Rats received a neuropathic injury: spared nerve injury (SNI) or chronic constriction injury (CCI), sham injury, or were minimally handled (control). Neuropathic pain-like behavior was monitored by tracking tactile thresholds. SNI-injured animals showed a robust decrease in tactile thresholds of the injured foot, while CCI-injured animals did not show tactile threshold changes. Ten or 24 days after nerve injury, IL-1 beta gene expression in the brain was determined by RT-PCR. IL-1 beta expression changes were observed mainly at 10 days after injury in the SNI animals, contralateral to the injury side, with increased expression in the brainstem and prefrontal cortex. The results indicate that neuro-immune activation in neuropathic pain conditions includes supraspinal brain regions, suggesting cytokine modulation of supraspinal circuitry of pain in neuropathic conditions. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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