title: Differential effects of intrathecally administered N- and P-type voltage-sensitive calcium channel blockers upon two models of experimental mononeuropathy in the rat.
abstract: We investigated the effects of intrathecally administered N-type and P-type voltage-sensitive calcium channel (VSCC) blockers on the level of thermal hyperalgesia in two neuropathic pain models: the chronic constriction injury (CCI) model and the partial sciatic nerve injury (PSNI) model. N-type, but not P-type, VSCC blockers attenuated the level of thermal hyperalgesia induced by CCI in a dose-dependent manner. In the PSNI model, both N-type and P-type VSCC blockers had no effect on thermal hyperalgesia. This suggests that some types of neuropathic pain may be treatable with N-type VSCC blockers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-0856, Japan. yamatat@med.m.chiba-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakashita
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003250:Constriction; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D007278:Injections, Spinal; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000293:injuries*; D013111:Spider Venoms / Q000494:pharmacology; D020867:omega-Agatoxin IVA; D020866:omega-Conotoxin GVIA; D020960:omega-Conotoxins
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D010455:Peptides; D013111:Spider Venoms; D020867:omega-Agatoxin IVA; D020960:omega-Conotoxins; C078452:ziconotide; D020866:omega-Conotoxin GVIA