2020
Deficit in voluntary wheel running in chronic inflammatory and neuropathic pain models in mice: Impact of sex and genotype
Contreras KM, Caillaud M, Neddenriep B, Bagdas D, Roberts JL, Ulker E, White AB, Aboulhosn R, Toma W, Khalefa T, Adel A, Mann JA, Damaj MI. Deficit in voluntary wheel running in chronic inflammatory and neuropathic pain models in mice: Impact of sex and genotype. Behavioural Brain Research 2020, 399: 113009. PMID: 33181181, PMCID: PMC8961431, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.113009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuropathic pain modelChronic constriction injuryMechanical withdrawal thresholdPain modelStrains of miceWithdrawal thresholdDBA/2J miceVoluntary wheelChronic neuropathic pain modelPaclitaxel-treated miceVehicle-treated miceUnilateral intraplantar injectionLower mechanical thresholdsChronic pain reportQuality of lifeChemotherapy agent paclitaxelImpact of sexDifferent mouse strainsCCI miceCCI surgeryConstriction injuryIntraplantar injectionSham surgeryMale C57BL/6JNovel analgesics
2019
Neuropathic insult increases the responsiveness to acetic acid in mice.
Gurdap C, Markwalter P, Neddenriep B, Bagdas D, Damaj M. Neuropathic insult increases the responsiveness to acetic acid in mice. Behavioural Pharmacology 2019, 30: 534-537. PMID: 31033524, PMCID: PMC6684379, DOI: 10.1097/fbp.0000000000000486.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic constriction injuryChronic neuropathic painNeuropathic painPlace aversionAcute visceral painVehicle-treated micePeripheral nerve injuryPlace aversion (CPA) testPaclitaxel-treated animalsMillions of patientsCCI miceConstriction injuryVisceral painCCI animalsSham miceAcute painNerve injuryControl miceSciatic nerveNeuropathic insultMale miceNociceptive modelsPaclitaxel treatmentPainPlace conditioning
2017
Effects of paclitaxel on the development of neuropathy and affective behaviors in the mouse
Toma W, Kyte S, Bagdas D, Alkhlaif Y, Alsharari S, Lichtman A, Chen Z, Del Fabbro E, Bigbee J, Gewirtz D, Damaj M. Effects of paclitaxel on the development of neuropathy and affective behaviors in the mouse. Neuropharmacology 2017, 117: 305-315. PMID: 28237807, PMCID: PMC5489229, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.02.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer chemotherapeutic drugsCancer patientsPreclinical modelsSide effectsAffective symptomsMajor dose-limiting side effectDose-limiting side effectChemotherapeutic drugsLight/dark box testNerve fiber dysfunctionPaclitaxel-treated miceProgression-free survivalSucrose preference testDepression-like behaviorOvarian cancer patientsSevere side effectsAnxiety-like behaviorPotential therapeutic interventionsEffect of paclitaxelAnhedonia-like stateDark box testCold allodyniaNeuropathic painNegative affective symptomsNociceptive effects