Effects of spinal cord stimulation on touch-evoked allodynia involve GABAergic mechanisms. An experimental study in the mononeuropathic rat

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作者
Cui, JG
Linderoth, B
Meyerson, BA
机构
[1] KAROLINSKA INST,CTR PAIN RES,S-10401 STOCKHOLM,SWEDEN
[2] KAROLINSKA HOSP,DEPT CLIN NEUROSCI,NEUROSURG SECT,S-10401 STOCKHOLM,SWEDEN
关键词
spinal cord stimulation; pain; allodynia; GABA; nerve injury; rat;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3959(96)03069-2
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R614 [麻醉学];
学科分类号
100217 ;
摘要
There is much evidence that tactile allodynia in rat models of mononeuropathy produced by sciatic nerve constriction is linked to disturbance of spinal GABAergic functions. Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) applied to such animals via chronically implanted electrodes may in some of the animals induce a significant increase of the withdrawal threshold in response to innocuous mechanical stimulation with von Prey filaments applied to the paw of the nerve ligated leg. The present study was performed in mononeuropathic animals with definite signs of tactile allodynia, which did not respond to SCS. GABA and the GABA(B)-agonist baclofen were administered intrathecally, in doses per se insufficient to influence the withdrawal thresholds, together with the previously ineffective SCS. This combination resulted in a marked and long-lasting increase of the thresholds. The GABA(A)-agonist muscimol given together with SCS also produced a similar, but less prominent threshold increase. The GABA(B)-antagonist 5-amino-valeric acid (5-AVA) produced a transient suppression of the threshold increase induced by SCS together with either GABA or baclofen. In contrast, the GABA(A)-antagonist bicuculline had no apparent inhibitory effect on the threshold augmentation produced by SCS combined with GABA or baclofen. It is concluded that SCS may operate by upgrading the spinal GABAergic systems and that its potential for producing pain relief is dependent upon the availability of responsive GABA-containing inhibitory interneurons. Moreover, it seems that the effects of SCS are more linked to the GABA(B)- than to the GABA(A)-receptor system.
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