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ArticleThe journal of pain2008

Sympathetic vasoconstrictor antagonism and vasodilatation relieve mechanical allodynia in rats with chronic postischemia pain.

Dimitris N Xanthos, Terence J Coderre

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Article in The journal of pain, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dimitris N XanthosDepartment of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Terence J Coderre
McGill University · CAMcGill University Health Centre · CA

Funding

CIHR 13236-2CIHR 13236-3CIHR 32536-1CIHR 53246-1CIHR 53246-2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledChronic pain that responds to antisympathetic treatments and alpha-adrenergic antagonists is clinically referred to as sympathetically maintained pain. Animal models of neuropathic pain have shown mixed results in terms of antinociceptive effectiveness of antisympathetic agents. The effectiveness of these agents have not been yet investigated in animal models of complex regional pain syndrome-type 1 (CRPS-I). In this study, we examined the effectiveness of antisympathetic agents and sympathetic vasoconstrictor antagonists, as well as agents that are vasodilators, in relieving mechanical allodynia in a recently developed animal model of CRPS-I (chronic postischemia pain or CPIP) produced by 3 hours of hind paw ischemia-reperfusion injury. Systemic guanethidine, phentolamine, clonidine, and prazosin are effective in reducing mechanical allodynia particularly at 2 days after reperfusion, and less so at 7 days after reperfusion. A nitric oxide donor vasodilator, SIN-1, also reduces mechanical allodynia more effectively at 2 days after reperfusion, but not at 7 days after reperfusion. These results suggest that the pain of CPIP, and possibly also CRPS-I, is relieved by reducing sympathetically mediated vasoconstriction, or enhancing vasodilatation. PERSPECTIVE: The results of this study indicate that sympathetic block, or administration of alpha(1)-adrenergic antagonists, clonidine, or a nitric oxide donor, relieve allodynia in an animal model of CRPS-I. Thus, the pain of CRPS-I may depend on enhanced vasoconstrictor responsiveness, which may be relieved by blocking sympathetic efferent-dependent vasoconstriction, or by enhancing nitric oxide-dependent vasodilatation.

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Adrenergic alpha-AgonistsAdrenergic alpha-AntagonistsAnimalsChronic DiseaseComplex Regional Pain SyndromesDisease Models, AnimalHyperalgesiaMaleMicrocirculationNitric Oxide DonorsPain MeasurementRatsRats, Long-EvansRegional Blood FlowReperfusion InjurySympathetic Fibers, PostganglionicAdrenergic alpha-AgonistsAdrenergic alpha-AntagonistsNitric Oxide DonorsVasodilator Agents

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PMID18262849
PMCPMC4531090
OpenAlexW2167518083

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