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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-7-7
pubmed:abstractText
It is known that Substance P (SP) enhances glutamate- and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-induced activity in spinal cord dorsal horn neurons and that this enhancement is important in the generation of wind-up and central sensitization. It is now known that SP and glutamate receptors are present on sensory axons in rat glabrous skin. This raises the issue as to whether SP and glutamate interact in the periphery. Using the tail skin in rats, the present study demonstrates 1) that unmyelinated axons at the dermal-epidermal junction immunostain for antibodies directed against NMDA, non-NMDA or SP (NK1) receptors; 2) that glutamate injected into the tail skin results in dose-dependent nociceptive behaviors interpreted as mechanical hyperalgesia, mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia, which are blocked following co-injection with glutamate antagonists; 3) that peripheral injection of SP potentiates glutamate-induced nociceptive behaviors in that the co-injection of SP+glutamate results in a significantly longer duration of behavioral responses compared to the responses seen following injection of either substance alone. These data provide support for the hypothesis that primary afferent neurons might well be subject to similar mechanisms that result in wind-up or central sensitization of spinal cord neurons.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
790
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
160-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9593874-6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Axons, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Dizocilpine Maleate, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Glutamic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Hot Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Hyperalgesia, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Microscopy, Immunoelectron, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Neurons, Afferent, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Nociceptors, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Pain, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Physical Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Receptors, AMPA, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Receptors, Neurokinin-1, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Skin, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Substance P, pubmed-meshheading:9593874-Tail
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Evidence for the interaction of glutamate and NK1 receptors in the periphery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Marine Biomedical Institute, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1069, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.