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Influence of behavioral traits in the inter-individual variability of nociceptive, emotional and cognitive manifestations of neuropathic pain

Martínez-Navarro, M; Lara-Mayorga, IM; Negrete, R; Bilecki, W; Wawrzczak-Bargieła, A; Gonçalves, L; Barbosa Goncalves, ML; ... Maldonado, R; + view all (2019) Influence of behavioral traits in the inter-individual variability of nociceptive, emotional and cognitive manifestations of neuropathic pain. Neuropharmacology , 148 pp. 291-304. 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2019.01.012. Green open access

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Abstract

Neuropathic pain is a complex disorder associated with emotional and cognitive deficits that may impair nociceptive manifestations. There is high inter-individual variability in the manifestations of human neuropathic pain, which largely depends on personality traits. We aim to identify the influence of different behavioral traits in the inter-individual vulnerability to neuropathic pain manifestations using behavioral, electrophysiological and genetic approaches. We first selected mice with extreme social and emotional traits and look for correlation with the spontaneous neuronal activity in the central amygdala. Neuropathic pain was induced to these mice to evaluate the influence of behavioral traits on nociceptive manifestations and gene expression profiles in the amygdala. Our results show an association of the spontaneous central amygdala neuronal activity with the sociability behavior. We demonstrate that low sociable, high anxious and low depressive phenotypes develop enhanced nociceptive hypersensitivity after nerve injury. However, greater emotional alterations and cognitive impairment are observed in high sociable, anxious-like and depressive-like mice, indicating that nociceptive, emotional and cognitive manifestations of neuropathic pain do not correlate with each other. Gene analyses identify high Pdyn and Il6 levels in the amygdala as indicative of enhanced nociceptive hypersensitivity and reveal an association between high Gadd45 expression and attenuated emotional and cognitive manifestations of neuropathic pain.

Type: Article
Title: Influence of behavioral traits in the inter-individual variability of nociceptive, emotional and cognitive manifestations of neuropathic pain
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2019.01.012
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2019.01.012
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Neuropathic pain, Behavioral traits, Sociability, Anxiety, Depression, Amygdala
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Neuro, Physiology and Pharmacology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10071703
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