title: Repeated administration of systemic gabapentin alleviates allodynia-like behaviors in spinally injured rats.
abstract: The effect of systemic gabapentin, a novel antiepileptic and analgesic, was tested on allodynia-like behaviors in spinal cord injured rats. On the first day of treatment 30 mg/kg intraperitoneal gabapentin did not alleviate hyper-reactivity to mechanical and cold stimulation. The allodynia was significantly reduced by 100 mg/kg gabapentin, which however, produced sedation and motor impairments. Repeated administration of 30 mg/kg gabapentin once a day produced a gradually increasing anti-allodynic effect. Total alleviation of mechanical allodynia was observed in most rats after the third administration of gabapentin. Thus, build-up of the antiallodynic effect of gabapentin may develop through a time dependent mechanism or alternatively through a gradual accumulation of the effective central nervous system concentration of the drug.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Technology, Division of Clinical Neurophysiology, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, SE-141 86, Huddinge, Sweden.
authors.forename: J X
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: X J
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wiesenfeld-Hallin
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000588:Amines; D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D003080:Cold Temperature; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D000077206:Gabapentin; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013997:Time Factors; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D000588:Amines; D000700:Analgesics; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D000077206:Gabapentin