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ArticleInflammation2002

Intrathecal clonidine decreases spinal nitric oxide release in a rat model of complete Freund's adjuvant induced inflammatory pain.

C R Lin, Y C Chuang, J T Cheng, C J Wang, L C Yang

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Article in Inflammation, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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C R LinAnesthesiology Research Laboratory, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Kaohsiung Hsien, Taiwan.
Y C Chuang
J T Cheng
C J Wang
L C Yang
Chang Gung University · TWKaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · TWNational Sun Yat-sen University · TW

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Abstract

A long-lasting antihyperalgesic effect has been demonstrated for intrathecal (IT) clonidine, an alpha2-adrenergic agonist. In the present study, the mechanism and antihyperalgesic effects of IT clonidine were examined post-treatment in a rat model of Complete Freund's Adjuvant (CFA)-induced inflammatory hyperalgesia. Using a chronic model of spinal cord dialysis, we examined the effect of the adjuvant-induced inflammation on spinal release of nitric oxide (NO) and the development of chronic pain and assessed the antinociceptive effects and mechanisms of the alpha2-adrenergic agonist, clonidine (IT). Chronic, persistent inflammatory pain was induced by left hind paw injection of 0.3 ml CFA prepared in a mixture with Mycobacterium butyricum. Rats were randomly assigned to groups receiving IT clonidine in discrete doses of 1, 10 or 50 microg, 3 or 24 hr post-inflammation. Measurement of total NOx (NO + NO2- + NO3-) was used to determine NO release into the cerebrospinal fluid. Rat thermal antinociception was assessed using a radiant heat thermal hyperalgesia model. CFA injection resulted in significant thermal hyperalgesia throughout the four days of observation. A dose-dependent suppression of thermal hyperalgesia and spinal NO release was observed after IT clonidine treatment. Evidence from this CFA-induced inflammatory pain model suggests that clonidine's spinal antihyperalgesic mechanisms act through inhibition of spinal NO release.

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Freund's AdjuvantAdrenergic alpha-AgonistsAdrenergic alpha-AntagonistsAnimalsClonidineEnzyme InhibitorsHot TemperatureHyperalgesiaIdazoxanInjections, SpinalMaleMyelitisNG-Nitroarginine Methyl EsterNitric OxidePainRatsAdrenergic alpha-AgonistsAdrenergic alpha-AntagonistsClonidineEnzyme InhibitorsFreund's AdjuvantIdazoxanNG-Nitroarginine Methyl EsterNitric Oxide

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