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  • Title: Changes in nociception after lesions of descending serotonergic pathways induced with 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine. Different effects in the formalin and tail-flick tests.
    Author: Fasmer OB, Berge OG, Hole K.
    Journal: Neuropharmacology; 1985 Aug; 24(8):729-34. PubMed ID: 3841806.
    Abstract:
    Intrathecal administration of 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine (5,6-DHT) in mice selectively lesioned descending serotonergic pathways. Nociception was evaluated 3 days after injection of 5,6-DHT using the tail-flick and formalin tests. In the tail-flick test shortened latencies were found in the lesioned animals. In contrast, the initial behavioural response (0-15 min) to formalin was reduced, while the late response (15-40 min) was not altered. Fourteen days after intrathecal administration of 5,6-DHT the changes in nociception, both in the tail-flick and in the formalin test, had returned to the control level. These findings support the contention that the raphe-spinal serotonergic system participates in the tonic regulation of nociception in the spinal cord. Apparently this system tonically inhibits spinal nociceptive reflexes, but tonically enhances the initial behavioural responses to noxious chemical stimulation, as measured with the formalin test.
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