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Enhanced pronociception by amygdaloid group I metabotropic glutamate receptors ...

Autor(es): Ansah, Osei B. cv logo 1 ; Gonçalves, Leonor cv logo 2 ; Almeida, Armando cv logo 3 ; Pertovaara, Antti cv logo 4

Data: 2009

Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/8816

Origem: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho

Assunto(s): Amygdala; Neuropathic pain; Rostroventromedial medulla; Metabotropic glutamate receptor; Emotion; Descending pathways


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Peripheral neuropathy has been associated with structural and functional changes of the amygdala, a key player in emotions. Here we study whether peripheral neuropathy influences pain regulation by the amygdala. For this purpose, we determined discharge rates of presumably pro- and antinociceptive pain-regulatory neurons in the rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM) following microinjection of various glutamatergic compounds into the central nucleus of the amygdala. RVM neurons were recorded in pentobarbitone-anesthetized rats with a peripheral nerve injury or sham-operation. In a separate behavioral experiment, we determined whether the influence of amygdaloid administration of a glutamatergic compound on affective pain-related behavior, as assessed by an aversive place-conditioning test, is changed by neuropathy. While glutamate or an NMDA receptor antagonist in the amygdala failed to induce marked changes in discharge rates of RVM cells, amygdaloid administration of DHPG, a group I metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) agonist acting on mGluR1 and mGluR5, increased discharge rates of presumably pronociceptive RVM ON-cells in nerve-injured but not sham-operated animals. This pronociceptive effect of DHPG was reversed by MPEP (mGluR5 antagonist) and CPCCOEt (mGluR1 antagonist). CHPG, an mGluR5 agonist, failed to influence ONcell activity and DHPG failed to influence activity of presumably antinociceptive RVM OFF-cells. Amygdaloid administration of DHPG increased and that of CPCCOEt decreased affective pain-related behavior in nerve-injured animals. The results suggest that following nerve injury, the amygdaloid group I mGluR, particularly subtype mGluR1, has an enhanced pronociceptive effect providing a potential mechanism for emotional enhancement of pain in peripheral neuropathy.
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