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ArticleEuropean journal of pain (London, England)2016

Discrepancies between cortical and behavioural long-term readouts of hyperalgesia in awake freely moving rats.

B Ljungquist, T Jensen, L Etemadi, J Thelin, G Lind, M Garwicz, P Petersson, F Tsanakalis, J Schouenborg

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Article in European journal of pain (London, England), 2016. 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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B LjungquistNeuronano Research Centre, Section for Neurophysiology, Lund University, Sweden.
T JensenNeuronano Research Centre, Section for Neurophysiology, Lund University, Sweden.
L EtemadiNeuronano Research Centre, Section for Neurophysiology, Lund University, Sweden.
J ThelinNeuronano Research Centre, Section for Neurophysiology, Lund University, Sweden.
G LindNeuronano Research Centre, Section for Neurophysiology, Lund University, Sweden.
M GarwiczNeuronano Research Centre, Section for Neurophysiology, Lund University, Sweden.
P PeterssonNeuronano Research Centre, Section for Neurophysiology, Lund University, Sweden.
F TsanakalisNeuronano Research Centre, Section for Neurophysiology, Lund University, Sweden.
J SchouenborgNeuronano Research Centre, Section for Neurophysiology, Lund University, Sweden. jens.schouenborg@med.lu.se.
Neuronano (Sweden) · SELund University · SE

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Abstract

backgroundIt is still unclear to what extent the most common animal models of pain and analgesia, based on indirect measures such as nocifensive behaviours, provide valid measures of pain perception.

methodsTo address this issue, we developed a novel animal model comprising a more direct readout via chronically (>1 month) implanted multichannel electrodes (MCE) in rat primary somatosensory cortex (S1; known to be involved in pain perception in humans) and compared this readout to commonly used behavioural pain-related measures during development of hyperalgesia. A translational method to induce hyperalgesia, UVB irradiation of the skin, was used. Localized CO

resultsWe demonstrate a 2-10 fold significant enhancement of cortical activity evoked from both irradiated and adjacent skin and a time course that corresponds to previously reported enhancement of pain magnitude during development of primary and secondary hyperalgesia in humans. In contrast, withdrawal reflexes were only significantly potentiated from the irradiated skin area and this potentiation was significantly delayed as compared to activity in S1.

conclusionsThe present findings provide direct evidence that chronic recordings in S1 in awake animals can offer a powerful, and much sought for, translational model of the perception of pain magnitude during hyperalgesia. WHAT DOES THIS STUDY ADD?: In a novel animal model, chronic recordings of nociceptive activity in primary somatosensory cortex (S1) in awake freely moving rats are compared to behavioural readouts during UVB-induced hyperalgesia. Evoked activity in rat S1 replicates altered pain perception in humans during development of hyperalgesia, but withdrawal reflexes do not.

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AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHot TemperatureHyperalgesiaMalePainPain MeasurementRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReflex

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