Haley, JE;
Dickenson, AH;
(2016)
Evidence for spinal N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor involvement in prolonged chemical nociception in the rat.
Brain Research
, 1645
pp. 58-60.
10.1016/j.brainres.2016.02.001.
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Abstract
We used in vivo electrophysiology and a model of more persistent nociceptive inputs to monitor spinal cord neuronal activity in anaesthetised rats to reveal the pharmacology of enhanced pain signalling. The study showed that all responses were blocked by non-selective antagonism of glutamate receptors but a selective and preferential role of the N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor in the prolonged plastic responses was clearly seen. The work lead to many publications, initially preclinical but increasingly from patient studies, showing the importance of the NMDA receptor in central sensitisation within the spinal cord and how this could relate to persistent pain states. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled SI:50th Anniversary Issue.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Evidence for spinal N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor involvement in prolonged chemical nociception in the rat |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.02.001 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2016.02.001 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Further details about CC BY licenses are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/. Access may be initially restricted by the publisher. |
| Keywords: | Central sensitisation, N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, Pain, Spinal cord |
| 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/1484209 |
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