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ArticlePain2018

Cognitive impairment in a rat model of neuropathic pain: role of hippocampal microtubule stability.

Zerong You, Shuzhuo Zhang, Shiqian Shen, Jinsheng Yang, Weihua Ding, Liuyue Yang, Grewo Lim, Jason T Doheny, Samuel Tate, Lucy Chen and 1 more

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Article in Pain, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Pharmacological and Genetic Approaches to Downregulate FIS1 Mitigate Neuropathic Pain.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  18. Mechanisms of Chemotherapy-Induced Neurotoxicity.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Zerong YouDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, MGH Center for Translational Pain Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Shuzhuo ZhangBeijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, China.
Shiqian ShenDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, MGH Center for Translational Pain Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Jinsheng YangDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, MGH Center for Translational Pain Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Weihua DingDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, MGH Center for Translational Pain Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Liuyue YangDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, MGH Center for Translational Pain Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Grewo LimDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, MGH Center for Translational Pain Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Jason T DohenyDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, MGH Center for Translational Pain Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Samuel TateDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, MGH Center for Translational Pain Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Lucy ChenDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, MGH Center for Translational Pain Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Jianren MaoDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, MGH Center for Translational Pain Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.

Funding

Gut Microbiota Influences Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction through Indole-3-Propionic AcidR35GM128692 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SHEN, SHIQIAN · 2018 to 2022
$2.2M
A Model and Mechanism of the Comorbid Interaction between Pain and AnxietyR01DE022901 · NIDCR · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MAO, JIANREN, MAROTA, JOHN J. A. · 2012 to 2016
$2.1M
Central Mechanisms of Orofacial PainR01DE018214 · NIDCR · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MAO, JIANREN · 2008 to 2012
$1.7M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE018214NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE022901
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical evidence indicates that cognitive impairment is a common comorbid condition of chronic pain. However, the cellular basis for chronic pain-mediated cognitive impairment remains unclear. We report here that rats exhibited memory deficits after spared nerve injury (SNI). We found that levels of stable microtubule (MT) were increased in the hippocampus of the rats with memory deficits. This increase in stable MT is marked by α-tubulin hyperacetylation. Paclitaxel, a pharmacological MT stabilizer, increased the level of stable MT in the hippocampus and induced learning and memory deficits in normal rats. Furthermore, paclitaxel reduced long-term potentiation in hippocampal slices and increased stable MT (evidenced by α-tubulin hyperacetylation) levels in hippocampal neuronal cells. Intracerebroventricular infusion of nocodazole, an MT destabilizer, ameliorated memory deficits in rats with SNI-induced nociceptive behavior. Expression of HDAC6, an α-tubulin deacetylase, was reduced in the hippocampus in rats with cognitive impairment. These findings indicate that peripheral nerve injury (eg, SNI) affects the MT dynamic equilibrium, which is critical to neuronal structure and synaptic plasticity.

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AnimalsCognitive DysfunctionDisease Models, AnimalHippocampusLearningLong-Term PotentiationMaleMemoryMicrotubulesNeuralgiaNocodazolePaclitaxelRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyTubulin ModulatorsNocodazolePaclitaxelTubulin Modulators

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PMID29613911
PMCPMC6053326

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