2019
C57BL/6 substrain differences in inflammatory and neuropathic nociception and genetic mapping of a major quantitative trait locus underlying acute thermal nociception
Bryant C, Bagdas D, Goldberg L, Khalefa T, Reed E, Kirkpatrick S, Kelliher J, Chen M, Johnson W, Mulligan M, Damaj M. C57BL/6 substrain differences in inflammatory and neuropathic nociception and genetic mapping of a major quantitative trait locus underlying acute thermal nociception. Molecular Pain 2019, 15: 1744806918825046. PMID: 30632432, PMCID: PMC6365993, DOI: 10.1177/1744806918825046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute thermal nociceptionThermal nociceptionNerve injuryNociceptive behaviorPain modalitiesB6N miceAdjuvant modelComplete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) modelChronic constrictive nerve injuryBaseline mechanical thresholdInflammatory nociceptive behaviorsInflammatory nociceptive stimulusStrain differencesFreund's adjuvant modelDifferent pain modalitiesHot plate testPreclinical pain modelsHot plate sensitivityNeuropathic nociceptionNociceptive markersPaw diameterMechanical hypersensitivityInflammatory painNeuropathic painPain model
2017
The interaction between alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and nuclear peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α represents a new antinociceptive signaling pathway in mice
Donvito G, Bagdas D, Toma W, Rahimpour E, Jackson A, Meade JA, AlSharari S, Kulkarni AR, Carroll F, Lichtman AH, Papke RL, Thakur GA, Damaj M. The interaction between alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and nuclear peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α represents a new antinociceptive signaling pathway in mice. Experimental Neurology 2017, 295: 194-201. PMID: 28606623, PMCID: PMC5558428, DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2017.06.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorAmidesAnimalsAzabicyclo CompoundsBenzamidesBridged Bicyclo CompoundsCannabinoid Receptor AntagonistsEthanolaminesFuransMaleMiceMice, Inbred ICRNicotinic AntagonistsNociceptionOxazolesPain MeasurementPalmitic AcidsPPAR alphaReceptor Cross-TalkSignal TransductionTyrosineConceptsPositive allosteric modulatorsAntinociceptive effectNicotinic acetylcholine receptorsΑ7 nAChRsAlpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptorAcetylcholine receptorsNuclear peroxisome proliferator-activated receptorsΑ7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptorPeroxisome proliferator-activated receptorAnalgesic drug developmentProliferator-activated receptorAttenuated formalinAntinociceptive responseFormalin testΑ7 agonistsAntagonist SR144528Nociceptive behaviorTonic painBrain levelsAntagonist GW6471Exogenous administrationΑ7 nicotinicMouse modelCannabinoid CBOrthosteric agonists
2013
Role of central arginine vasopressin receptors in the analgesic effect of CDP-choline on acute and neuropathic pain
Bagdas D, Yucel-Ozboluk H, Orhan F, Kanat O, Isbil-Buyukcoskun N, Gurun M. Role of central arginine vasopressin receptors in the analgesic effect of CDP-choline on acute and neuropathic pain. Neuroreport 2013, 24: 941-946. PMID: 24089014, DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0000000000000009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral AVP receptorsAnalgesic effectAVP V1Pain modelAVP receptorsChronic constriction injury-induced neuropathic pain modelCDP-cholineDifferent pain modelsRandall-Selitto testNeuropathic pain modelAVP V2 receptorsV2 receptor antagonistAVP V2 receptor antagonistArginine vasopressin receptorsNeuropathic painNeuropathic modelsPain modulationIntracerebroventricular injectionPain thresholdReceptor antagonistVasopressin levelsV2 receptorsVasopressin receptorsRatsReceptors
2007
Possible involvement of supraspinal opioid and GABA receptors in CDP-choline-induced antinociception in acute pain models in rats
Hamurtekin E, Bagdas D, Gurun M. Possible involvement of supraspinal opioid and GABA receptors in CDP-choline-induced antinociception in acute pain models in rats. Neuroscience Letters 2007, 420: 116-121. PMID: 17531379, DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.04.058.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAdrenergic alpha-AntagonistsAnalgesicsAnimalsBrainCytidine Diphosphate CholineDisease Models, AnimalEfferent PathwaysGABA AntagonistsInjections, IntraventricularMaleNarcotic AntagonistsNociceptorsPainPain MeasurementPain ThresholdRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, Adrenergic, alphaReceptors, GABAReceptors, GABA-BReceptors, OpioidReceptors, SerotoninSerotonin AntagonistsConceptsAcute pain modelsMechanical paw pressure testThermal paw withdrawal testPaw pressure testPaw withdrawal testAntinociceptive effectPain modelSupraspinal opioidsSerotonergic receptorsAlpha-1 adrenergic receptor antagonist prazosinCDP-cholineWithdrawal testOpioid receptor antagonist naloxoneAdrenergic receptor antagonist prazosinAdrenergic receptor antagonist yohimbineCytidine-5′-diphosphate cholineDifferent pain modelsExerts antinociceptive effectsDose-dependent antinociceptionReceptor antagonist yohimbineReceptor antagonist prazosinReceptor-mediated mechanismMethysergide pretreatmentAntagonist yohimbineAntagonist prazosin