Effects of noxious stimuli and anesthetic agents on substance P content in rat central nervous system.
Effects of noxious electrical tooth stimulations and intraarterial administration of bradykinin or inhalation of volatile anesthetics on substance P content in the diencephalon-mesencephalon, pons-medulla and the spinal cord were examined in the rat. Noxious stimulation by electrical long duration stimulation (type 2) of tooth pulp caused an increase of substance P content in the ponsmedulla. Inhalation of volatile anesthetics such as methoxyflurane and diethylether produced an increase of substance P content in the spinal cord; and in addition, methoxyflurane produced a decrease of substance P content in ponsmedulla. However, halothane did not produce any changes in substance P content in any parts of the central nervous system (CNS). These results suggest that volatile anesthetics such as diethyl-ether and methoxyflurane act on the substance P neuron and may modulate pain transmission through the action of substance P in the pons-medulla or the spinal cord.
Kotani
Y
Y
Hirota
Y
Y
Sugiyama
K
K
Joh
S
S
Shibutani
T
T
Matsuura
H
H
Inoki
R
R
D000777:Anesthetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000502:physiology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013373:Substance P / Q000378:metabolism*
D000777:Anesthetics; D013373:Substance P; D001920:Bradykinin