期刊
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 428, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2022.113880
关键词
Pain; Rats; Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation; Astrocytes; Interleukins; Inflammation
资金
- Graduate Group (GPPG) of the Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA)
- Research Incentive Fund of the Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (FIPE) [2016-0408]
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a single session of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on pain sensitivity, inflammatory parameters, and astrocyte activity in rats. The results showed that a single tDCS session had analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective effects. This non-invasive and inexpensive therapy could potentially be an alternative for reducing pain, inflammation, and neurodegeneration.
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has demonstrated clinical benefits such as analgesia, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective effects. However, the mechanisms of action of a single tDCS session are poorly characterized. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of a single tDCS session on pain sensitivity, inflammatory parameters, and astrocyte activity in naive rats. In the first experiment, sixty-day-old male Wistar rats (n = 95) were tested for mechanical pain threshold (von Frey test). Afterward, animals were submitted to a single bimodal tDCS (0.5 mA, 20 min) or sham-tDCS session. According to the group, animals were re-tested at different time intervals (30, 60, 120 min, or 24 h) after the intervention, euthanized, and the cerebral cortex collected for biochemical analysis. A second experiment (n = 16) was performed using a similar protocol to test the hypotheses that S100B levels in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are altered by tDCS. Elisa assay quantified the levels of tumor necrosis factor-alfa (TNF-alpha), interleukin-10 (IL10), S100 calcium-binding protein B (S100B), and Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP). Data were analyzed using ANOVA and independent t-test (P < 0.05). Results showed that tDCS decreased pain sensitivity (30 and 60 min), cerebral TNF-alpha and S100B levels (30 min). CSF S100B levels increased 30 min after intervention. There were no differences in IL10 and GFAP levels. TCDS showed analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective effects in naive animals. Therefore, this non-invasive and inexpensive therapy may potentially be a preemptive alternative to reduce pain, inflammation, and neurodegeneration in situations where patients will undergo medical procedures (e.g., surgery).
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