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ArticleThe European journal of neuroscience2017

Essential role of endogenous calcitonin gene-related peptide in pain-associated plasticity in the central amygdala.

Kei Shinohara, Ayako M Watabe, Masashi Nagase, Yuya Okutsu, Yukari Takahashi, Hiroki Kurihara, Fusao Kato

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Article in The European journal of neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kei ShinoharaDepartment of Neuroscience, Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Ayako M WatabeDepartment of Neuroscience, Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Masashi NagaseDepartment of Neuroscience, Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Yuya OkutsuDepartment of Neuroscience, Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Yukari TakahashiDepartment of Neuroscience, Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroki KuriharaDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Fusao KatoDepartment of Neuroscience, Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Jikei University School of Medicine · JPThe University of Tokyo · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of the neuropeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is well established in nociceptive behaviors. CGRP is highly expressed in the projection pathway from the parabrachial nucleus to the laterocapsular region of the central amygdala (CeC), which plays a critical role in relaying nociceptive information. The CeC is a key structure in pain behavior because it integrates and modulates nociceptive information along with other sensory signals. Previous studies have demonstrated that blockade of the amygdalar CGRP-signaling cascade attenuates nociceptive behaviors in pain models, while CGRP application facilitates amygdalar synaptic transmission and induces pain behaviors. Despite these lines of evidence, it remains unclear whether endogenous CGRP is involved in the development of nociceptive behaviors accompanied with amygdalar plasticity in a peripheral inflammation model in vivo. To directly address this, we utilized a previously generated CGRP knockout (KO) mouse to longitudinally study formalin-induced plasticity and nociceptive behavior. We found that synaptic potentiation in the right PB-CeC pathway that was observed in wild-type mice was drastically attenuated in the CGRP KO mice 6 h post-inflammation, when acute nociceptive behavior was no longer observed. Furthermore, the bilateral tactile allodynia 6 h post-inflammation was significantly decreased in the CGRP KO mice. In contrast, the acute nociceptive behavior immediately after the formalin injection was reduced only at 20-25 min post-injection in the CGRP KO mice. These results suggest that endogenous CGRP contributes to peripheral inflammation-induced synaptic plasticity in the amygdala, and this plasticity may underlie the exaggerated nociception-emotion linkage in pain chronification.

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Neuronal PlasticityNociceptionAmygdalaAnimalsCalcitonin Gene-Related PeptideFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeuronsSynaptic TransmissionCalcitonin Gene-Related Peptidechronic painmouseparabrachial nucleussynaptic potentiation

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PMCPMC5698701
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