| Reversal of Peripheral Nerve Injury-induced Hypersensitivity in the Postpartum Period: Role of Spinal Oxytocin. | |
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PMID: 23249932 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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BACKGROUND: : Physical injury, including surgery, can result in chronic pain; yet chronic pain following childbirth, including cesarean delivery in women, is rare. The mechanisms involved in this protection by pregnancy or delivery have not been explored. METHODS: : We examined the effect of pregnancy and delivery on hypersensitivity to mechanical stimuli of the rat hindpaw induced by peripheral nerve injury (spinal nerve ligation) and after intrathecal oxytocin, atosiban, and naloxone. Additionally, oxytocin concentration in lumbar spinal cerebrospinal fluid was determined. RESULTS: : Spinal nerve ligation performed at mid-pregnancy resulted in similar hypersensitivity to nonpregnant controls, but hypersensitivity partially resolved beginning after delivery. Removal of pups after delivery prevented this partial resolution. Cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of oxytocin were greater in normal postpartum rats prior to weaning. To examine the effect of injury at the time of delivery rather than during pregnancy, spinal nerve ligation was performed within 24 h of delivery. This resulted in acute hypersensitivity that partially resolved over the next 2-3 weeks. Weaning of pups resulted only in a temporary return of hypersensitivity. Intrathecal oxytocin effectively reversed the hypersensitivity following separation of the pups. Postpartum resolution of hypersensitivity was transiently abolished by intrathecal injection of the oxytocin receptor antagonist, atosiban. CONCLUSIONS: : These results suggest that the postpartum period rather than pregnancy protects against chronic hypersensitivity from peripheral nerve injury and that this protection may reflect sustained oxytocin signaling in the central nervous system during this period. |
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Silvia Gutierrez; Baogang Liu; Ken-Ichiro Hayashida; Timothy T Houle; James C Eisenach |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Anesthesiology Volume: 118 ISSN: 1528-1175 ISO Abbreviation: Anesthesiology Publication Date: 2013 Jan |
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Created Date: 2012-12-19 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 1300217 Medline TA: Anesthesiology Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 152-9 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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* Research Fellow of Anesthesiology, † Resident, General Surgery Department, ‡ Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, § Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Neurology, ‖ FM James, III Professor of Anesthesiology and Physiology & Pharmacology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina. |
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