Analgesic effect of minocycline in rat model of inflammation-induced visceral pain

P Kannampalli, S Pochiraju, M Bruckert… - European journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
The present study investigates the analgesic effect of minocycline, a semi-synthetic
tetracycline antibiotic, in a rat model of inflammation-induced visceral pain. Inflammation …

Minocycline prevents the development of neuropathic pain, but not acute pain: possible anti-inflammatory and antioxidant mechanisms

SSV Padi, SK Kulkarni - European journal of pharmacology, 2008 - Elsevier
Glia, particularly astrocytes and microglia, are known to play an important role in central
sensitization and are strongly implicated in the exaggerated pain states. In the present study …

Intrathecal minocycline attenuates peripheral inflammation‐induced hyperalgesia by inhibiting p38 MAPK in spinal microglia

XY Hua, CI Svensson, T Matsui… - European Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Activation of p38 mitogen‐activated protein kinase (p38) in spinal microglia is implicated in
spinal nociceptive processing. Minocycline, a tetracycline derivative, displays selective …

Systemic administration of minocycline inhibits formalin-induced inflammatory pain in rat

IH Cho, YM Chung, CK Park, SH Park, HY Li, D Kim… - Brain research, 2006 - Elsevier
It has been demonstrated that spinal microglial activation is involved in formalin-induced
pain and that minocycline, an inhibitor of microglial activation, attenuate behavioral …

Post-injury administration of minocycline: an effective treatment for nerve-injury induced neuropathic pain

XP Mei, H Xu, C Xie, J Ren, Y Zhou, H Zhang… - Neuroscience …, 2011 - Elsevier
Neuropathic pain is an intractable clinical problem, affecting millions of people worldwide.
Preemptive administration of minocycline has been confirmed useful for treating neuropathic …

Minocycline attenuates mechanical allodynia and expression of spinal NMDA receptor 1 subunit in rat neuropathic pain model

S Pu, Y Xu, D Du, M Yang, X Zhang, J Wu… - Journal of physiology and …, 2013 - Springer
Recent studies have indicated that minocycline, a microglia inhibitor, could potentially be
used as an antinociceptive agent in pain management, although the underlying …

Minocycline markedly reduces acute visceral nociception via inhibiting neuronal ERK phosphorylation

IH Cho, MJ Lee, M Jang, NG Gwak, KY Lee… - Molecular …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Minocycline prevents the development of neuropathic and inflammatory pain
by inhibiting microglial activation and postsynaptic currents. But, how minocycline obviates …

Minocycline modulates neuropathic pain behaviour and cortical M1–M2 microglial gene expression in a rat model of depression

NN Burke, DM Kerr, O Moriarty, DP Finn… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2014 - Elsevier
There is a paucity of data on the role of microglia and neuroinflammatory processes in the
association between chronic pain and depression. The current study examined the effect of …

A minocycline derivative reduces nerve injury-induced allodynia, LPS-induced prostaglandin E2 microglial production and signaling via toll-like receptors 2 and 4

LFS Bastos, AM Godin, Y Zhang, S Jarussophon… - Neuroscience …, 2013 - Elsevier
Many studies have shown that minocycline, an antibacterial tetracycline, suppresses
experimental pain. While minocycline's positive effects on pain resolution suggest that …

[HTML][HTML] Minocycline effects on IL-6 concentration in macrophage and microglial cells in a rat model of neuropathic pain

T Moini-Zanjani, SN Ostad, F Labibi… - Iranian biomedical …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Evidence indicates that neuropathic pain pathogenesis is not confined to
changes in the activity of neuronal systems but involves interactions between neurons …