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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-3
pubmed:abstractText
In acute pain models, N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonists enhance the antinociceptive effects of morphine to a greater extent in males than females. The purpose of this investigation was to extend these findings to a persistent pain model which could be distinguished from acute pain models on the basis of the nociceptive fibers activated, neurochemical substrates, and duration of the nociceptive stimulus. To this end, persistent hyperalgesia was induced by administration of capsaicin in the tail of gonadally intact F344 rats, following which the tail was immersed in a mildly noxious thermal stimulus, and tail-withdrawal latencies measured. For comparison, tests were conducted in two acute pain models, the hotplate and warm water tail-withdrawal procedures. In males, the non-competitive NMDA antagonist dextromethorphan enhanced the antihyperalgesic effect of low to moderate doses of morphine in a dose-and time-dependent manner. Across the doses and pretreatment times examined, enhancement was not observed in females. Enhancement of morphine antinociception by dextromethorphan was seen in both males and females in the acute pain models, with the magnitude of this effect being greater in males. These findings demonstrate a sexually-dimorphic interaction between NMDA antagonists and morphine in a persistent pain model that can be distinguished from those observed in acute pain models.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0091-3057
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
127-36
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18221780-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:18221780-Analgesics, Opioid, pubmed-meshheading:18221780-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18221780-Capsaicin, pubmed-meshheading:18221780-Data Interpretation, Statistical, pubmed-meshheading:18221780-Dextromethorphan, pubmed-meshheading:18221780-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:18221780-Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:18221780-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18221780-Hot Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:18221780-Hyperalgesia, pubmed-meshheading:18221780-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18221780-Morphine, pubmed-meshheading:18221780-N-Methylaspartate, pubmed-meshheading:18221780-Pain Measurement, pubmed-meshheading:18221780-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:18221780-Rats, Inbred F344, pubmed-meshheading:18221780-Sex Characteristics
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Sex differences in NMDA antagonist enhancement of morphine antihyperalgesia in a capsaicin model of persistent pain: comparisons to two models of acute pain.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270, United States. llomas@email.unc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural