Differential analgesic sensitivity of two distinct neuropathic pain models - PubMed (original) (raw)

Comparative Study

. 2004 Aug;99(2):457-63, table of contents.

doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000131967.69309.4F.

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Comparative Study

Differential analgesic sensitivity of two distinct neuropathic pain models

Isabelle Decosterd et al. Anesth Analg. 2004 Aug.

Abstract

Progressive tactile hypersensitivity (PTH) manifesting after sciatic nerve crush and spared nerve injury (SNI) are two distinct rodent experimental models of neuropathic pain. PTH develops months after recovery from the nerve crush in response to repeated intermittent low-threshold mechanical stimulation of the reinnervated sciatic nerve skin territory and represents a model of stimulus-induced pain. SNI is characterized by an early and sustained increase in stimulus-evoked pain sensitivity in the intact skin territory of the spared sural nerve after sectioning of the two other terminal branches of the sciatic nerve. We examined the effects of morphine (0.5-10 mg/kg), gabapentin (30-200 mg/kg), MK801 (0.01-0.02 mg/kg), amitriptyline (10-25 mg/kg), and carbamazepine (5-7.5 mg/kg) in both models. Morphine, gabapentin, and carbamazepine both reversed and prevented stimulus-induced PTH, whereas MK801 and amitriptyline reduced but did not prevent stimulus-induced PTH. In contrast, the stimulus-evoked behavioral hypersensitivity in the SNI model was poorly modified by these drugs. Independent neuropathic pain models show differential sensitivity to analgesic drug treatment. We suggest that this is due to the different mechanisms responsible for the neuropathic pain-related behavior. Multiple models are required, therefore, to study the mechanisms that contribute to neuropathic pain and to predict analgesic efficacy for different components of the neuropathic pain syndrome.

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