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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2023

Increased Heat Pain Tolerance but Hyperalgesia to Tonic Inflammatory Pain in the CRND8 Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.

Sara Merlo, Lara Costa, Santina Chiechio, Carla Letizia Busceti, Lucia Ciranna, Rosa Santangelo, Maria Angela Sortino, Francesco Fornai, Ferdinando Nicoletti, Agata Copani

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Mechanisms of comorbidity between Alzheimer's disease and pain.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Sara MerloDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Lara CostaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Santina ChiechioDepartment of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Carla Letizia BuscetiDepartment of Molecular Pathology, IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy.
Lucia CirannaDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Rosa SantangeloDepartment of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Maria Angela SortinoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Francesco FornaiDepartment of Molecular Pathology, IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy.
Ferdinando NicolettiDepartment of Molecular Pathology, IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy.
Agata CopaniDepartment of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
University of Catania · ITIstituto Neurologico Mediterraneo · ITUniversity of Messina · ITUniversity of Pisa · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe effects of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology on the experience of pain are poorly understood.

objectiveTo understand the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying pain sensory transmission in the transgenic mouse model of AD, CRND8.

methodsWe explored AD-related pathology in the spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia of 18-week-old female CRND8 mice. We assessed nociceptive responses to both acute heat stimuli and persistent inflammatory pain in CRND8 mice and non-transgenic (non-Tg) littermates. In addition, we searched for differences in biochemical correlates of inflammatory pain between CRND8 and non-Tg mice. Finally, we investigated the excitability of dorsal horn noc iceptive neurons in spinal cord slices from CRND8 and non-Tg mice.

resultsWe demonstrated the presence of intracellular AD-like pathology in the spinal cord and in the dorsal root ganglia nociceptive sensory neurons of CRND8 mice. We found that CRND8 mice had a reduced susceptibility to acute noxious heat stimuli and an increased sensitivity to tonic inflammatory pain. Tonic inflammatory pain correlated with a lack of induction of pro-opiomelanocortin in the spinal cord of CRND8 mice as compared to non-Tg mice. Electrophysiological recording in acute spinal cord slice preparations indicated an increased probability of glutamate release at the membrane of dorsal horn nociceptive neurons in CRND8 mice.

conclusionThis study suggests that an increased thermal tolerance and a facilitation of nociception by peripheral inflammation can coexist in AD.

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Alzheimer DiseaseHyperalgesiaAnimalsFemaleHot TemperatureMiceMice, TransgenicPainAlzheimer’s diseasedementiadorsal root ganglianociceptive neuronsspinal cordtransgenic AD mice

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