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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-8-13
pubmed:abstractText
To clarify the mechanisms of allodynia we have examined whether 'wind-up' of nociceptive withdrawal reflexes (NWR), a phenomenon characteristic of nociceptive C fiber spinal processing, can be mimicked by stimulation of tactile A beta fibers in monoarthritic decerebrate spinal rats. Knee joint monoarthritis was induced by carrageenan/kaolin under halothane anaesthesia 5 h before recordings. In arthritic, but not in control rats, wind-up of NWR of the semitendinosus muscle could be evoked by repeated stimulation of A beta fibres. By contrast, peroneus longus reflexes did not exhibit marked wind-up. Bicuculline (0.03-0.3 mg/kg, i.v.) dose-dependently inhibited this wind-up. Hence, reflex wind-up can be elicited by tactile A beta fibers in arthritis rats through a GABAA dependent mechanism.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0959-4965
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1065-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
GABAA receptor blockade inhibits A beta fibre evoked wind-up in the arthritic rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Lund University, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't