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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-5-11
pubmed:abstractText
A descending facilitatory drive originating from superficial dorsal horn NK1-expressing neurones and relaying through parabrachial and rostroventral medial medulla to act on deep dorsal horn neurones, mediated through spinal 5HT3 receptors, was recently documented. To determine if this pathway plays a role in the pathophysiology of inflammation, we investigated the effects of spinally administered ondansetron (a selective 5HT3 receptor antagonist) on deep dorsal horn neuronal responses in carrageenan inflamed and naïve animals using in vivo electrophysiology. The mechanical and thermal evoked responses of spinal neurones were dose dependently attenuated by ondansetron to a similar degree in both groups. In contrast, the electrically evoked responses (Abeta-, Adelta-, C-fibre evoked response and post-discharge) remained unaltered in both groups. Thus 5HT3 receptor mediated descending facilitation remains unaltered at this stage after tissue injury.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0304-3940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
361
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
229-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Brain Stem, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Carrageenan, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Efferent Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Electric Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Hypesthesia, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Inflammation, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Mechanoreceptors, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Nerve Fibers, Myelinated, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Nerve Fibers, Unmyelinated, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Ondansetron, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Pain, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Physical Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Posterior Horn Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT3, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Serotonin, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Serotonin 5-HT3 Receptor Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Serotonin Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:15135935-Synaptic Transmission
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Descending serotonergic facilitation mediated through rat spinal 5HT3 receptors is unaltered following carrageenan inflammation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. w.rahman@ucl.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't