期刊
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 197, 期 2, 页码 279-283出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.08.024
关键词
Acetic acid; beta-Adrenoceptor; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Conditioned place aversion; Emotion; Extended amygdala; Noradrenaline; Visceral pain
资金
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [19390149]
- Takeda Science Foundation
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19390149, 21790515] Funding Source: KAKEN
Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience. We demonstrated the crucial role of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) in the negative affective component of somatic and visceral pain induced by intraplantar formalin and intraperitoneal acetic acid injections, respectively, in rats. Recently, we reported the involvement of enhanced noradrenergic transmission via beta-adrenoceptors within the ventral BNST (vBNST) in formalin-induced aversion. Here, we examined the role of intra-vBNST noradrenergic transmission in the negative affective component of visceral pain induced by intraperitoneal acetic acid injection. In vivo microdialysis showed that extracellular noradrenaline levels within the vBNST significantly increased after intraperitoneal acetic acid injection. Using a conditioned place aversion (CPA) test, we found that intra-vBNST injection of timolol, a beta-adrenoceptor antagonist, dose-dependently attenuated the acetic acid-induced CPA without reducing nociceptive behaviors. These results suggest that enhanced noradrenergic transmission via beta-adrenoceptors within the vBNST plays a pivotal role in the negative affective, but not sensory, component of visceral pain. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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