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 analgesicsPharmacologic Overview of Chlorogenic Acid and its Metabolites in Chronic Pain and Inflammation
Bagdas D, Gul Z, Meade JA, Cam B, Cinkilic N, Gurun MS. Pharmacologic Overview of Chlorogenic Acid and its Metabolites in Chronic Pain and Inflammation. Current Neuropharmacology 2020, 18: 216-228. PMID: 31631820, PMCID: PMC7327949, DOI: 10.2174/1570159x17666191021111809.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLiterature searchElectronic literature searchDifferent pathological situationsChlorogenic acidPharmacologic overviewNeuropathic painPain managementChronic painInflammatory insultPreventive roleAnimal modelsInflammationPotent antioxidantCertain foodsOxidative stressEthnopharmacological reportsPutative mechanismsDietary plantsAntioxidant defenseNatural phenolic compoundsPathological situationsPainMedicinal herbsOriginal articlesPhenolic compounds
2019
Pharmacological mechanisms of alcohol analgesic-like properties in mouse models of acute and chronic pain
Neddenriep B, Bagdas D, Contreras K, Ditre J, Wolstenholme J, Miles M, Damaj M. Pharmacological mechanisms of alcohol analgesic-like properties in mouse models of acute and chronic pain. Neuropharmacology 2019, 160: 107793. PMID: 31562845, PMCID: PMC6924270, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2019.107793.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnalgesic-like propertiesComplete Freund's adjuvantAnti-nociceptive propertiesChronic painNeuropathic painChronic constriction injury modelAlcohol useMu-opioid systemOral ethanol administrationPain-like statePeripheral neuropathic painNeuropathic pain modelKappa-selective antagonistAcute alcohol useAnalgesic-like effectsDose-dependent reversalMechanical hypersensitivityAnalgesic effectNerve injuryPain modelAcute modelOpioid systemAcute alcoholFreund's adjuvantChronic use