Enhancement of the antiallodynic and antinociceptive efficacy of spinal morphine by antisera to dynorphin A (1–13) or MK-801 in a nerve-ligation model of peripheral …

ML Nichols, Y Lopez, MH Ossipov, D Bian, F Porreca - Pain, 1997 - Elsevier
Neuropathic pains arising from peripheral nerve injury can result in increased sensitivity to
both noxious and non-noxious stimuli and are accompanied by a number of neuroplastic …

Involvement of endoplasmic reticulum stress in formalin-induced pain is attenuated by 4-phenylbutyric acid

F Zhou, W Zhang, J Zhou, M Li, F Zhong… - Journal of Pain …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is involved in many neurological and
inflammatory responses. Peripheral inflammatory responses can induce central sensitization …

Pain assessment using the rat and mouse formalin tests

N Gong, Q Huang, Y Chen, M Xu, S Ma, YX Wang - Bio-protocol, 2014 - bio-protocol.org
The formalin test was originally developed by Dubuisson and Dennis (1977), and has since
been extensively used to assess pain-related responses. Rats and mice are the most …

The depressive effect of intrathecal clonidine on the spinal flexor reflex is enhanced after sciatic nerve section in rats

XJ Xu, MJC Puke, Z Wiesenfeld-Hallin - Pain, 1992 - Elsevier
The effect of intrathecal (it) α 2-adrenoceptor agonist, clonidine, on the spinal nociceptive
flexor reflex was studied in decerebrate, spinalized, unanesthetized rats with intact sciatic …

Stress-induced analgesia prevents the development of the tonic, late phase of pain produced by subcutaneous formalin

AL Vaccarino, P Marek, JC Liebeskind - Brain research, 1992 - Elsevier
Subcutaneous injection of formalin produces a biphasic pain response: a transient early
phase followed by a tonic late phase. It has recently been suggested that development of the …

ATF2, but not ATF3, participates in the maintenance of nerve injury-induced tactile allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia

AB Salinas-Abarca, I Velazquez-Lagunas… - Molecular …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Transcription factors are proteins that modulate the transcriptional rate of target genes in the
nucleus in response to extracellular or cytoplasmic signals. Activating transcription factors 2 …

Scoring the mouse formalin test: validation study

KJ Sufka, GS Watson, RE Nothdurft… - European Journal of …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
The formalin test is a well‐established model for assessing nociceptive processes and
analgesic drug effects. Previous studies have provided statistical validation of optimal …

Role of spinal 5-HT2 receptors subtypes in formalin-induced long-lasting hypersensitivity

C Cervantes-Durán, GC Vidal-Cantú… - Pharmacological …, 2016 - Springer
Background The purpose of this study was to determine the role of spinal 5-HT 2A, 5-HT 2B
and 5-HT 2C receptors in the development and maintenance of formalin-induced long …

Intrathecal clonidine and adenosine: effects on pain and sensory processing in patients with chronic regional pain syndrome

RL Rauck, J North, JC Eisenach - Pain, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Chronic pain may be accompanied by hyperalgesia and allodynia, and analgesic
interventions may reduce these hypersensitivity phenomena. Preclinical data suggest that …

Descending modulation of central neural plasticity in the formalin pain test

AL Vaccarino, DA Chorney - Brain research, 1994 - Elsevier
Subcutaneous injection of formalin produces a biphasic profile of pain response: a transient
early phase followed by a tonic late phase. A number of studies have indicated that the …