期刊
NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 36, 期 5, 页码 979-992出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2010.236
关键词
spared nerve injury; chronic neuropathic pain; working memory; long-term potentiation; presynaptic boutons; tumor necrosis factor-alpha
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30770705, 30630026]
- Ministry of education of China [20060558001]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2009CB941303]
Patients with chronic pain usually suffer from working memory deficits, which may decrease their intellectual ability significantly. Despite intensive clinical studies, the mechanism underlying this form of memory impairment remains elusive. In this study, we investigated this issue in the spared nerve injury (SNI) model of neuropathic pain, a most common form of chronic pain. We found that SNI impaired working memory and short-term memory in rats and mice. To explore the potential mechanisms, we studied synaptic transmission/plasticity in hippocampus, a brain region critically involved in memory function. We found that frequency facilitation, a presynaptic form of short-term plasticity, and long-term potentiation at CA3-CA1 synapses were impaired after SNI. Structurally, density of presynaptic boutons in hippocampal CA1 synapses was reduced significantly. At the molecular level, we found that tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) increased in cerebrospinal fluid, in hippocampal tissue and in plasma after SNI. Intracerebroventricular or intrahippocampal injection of recombinant rat TNF mimicked the effects of SNI in naive rats, whereas inhibition of TNF-alpha or genetic deletion of TNF receptor 1 prevented both memory deficits and synaptic dysfunction induced by SNI. As TNF-alpha is critical for development of neuropathic pain, we suggested that the over-production of TNF-alpha following peripheral nerve injury might lead to neuropathic pain and memory deficits, simultaneously. Neuropsychopharmacology (2011) 36, 979-992; doi:10.1038/npp.2010.236; published online 2 February 2011
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