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
2016
Diacylglycerol lipase β inhibition reverses nociceptive behaviour in mouse models of inflammatory and neuropathic pain
Wilkerson J, Ghosh S, Bagdas D, Mason B, Crowe M, Hsu K, Wise L, Kinsey S, Damaj M, Cravatt B, Lichtman A. Diacylglycerol lipase β inhibition reverses nociceptive behaviour in mouse models of inflammatory and neuropathic pain. British Journal Of Pharmacology 2016, 173: 1678-1692. PMID: 26915789, PMCID: PMC4842918, DOI: 10.1111/bph.13469.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic constrictive injuryNeuropathic pain modelWild-type miceAllodynic responsesInflammatory painPain modelLPS modelSide effectsExpression of LPSDiscernible side effectsUntoward side effectsPro-inflammatory responseEvidence of toleranceSites of inflammationConstrictive injuryMechanical allodyniaIntraplantar injectionNeuropathic painPathological painInflammatory mediatorsMouse peritoneal macrophagesLocus of actionNociceptive behaviorSciatic nerveAllodynia