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  • Title: Force of limb withdrawals elicited by graded noxious heat compared with other behavioral measures of carrageenan-induced hyperalgesia and allodynia.
    Author: Tabo E, Eisele JH, Carstens E.
    Journal: J Neurosci Methods; 1998 Jun 01; 81(1-2):139-49. PubMed ID: 9696319.
    Abstract:
    We investigated if carrageenan-induced thermal hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia are associated with a reduction in threshold and-or enhancement of suprathreshold nocifensive responses, using a method to measure the force of a hind limb wilhdrawal reflex elicited by graded noxious heat stimuli (36-52 degrees C, 5s) delivered by Peltier thermode tethered to the ventral hind paw of conscious rats. Withdrawal reflexes were recorded 2.5 h after intraplantar injection of carrageenan (1 or 0.1%) or saline vehicle in sessions >2 weeks apart: baseline reflexes were assessed the day before. Withdrawal reflex force increased linearly from 42-52 degrees C. Carrageenan 1% significantly enhanced withdrawal reflexes at 40-46 degrees C, reducing the slope and threshold of the stimulus-response function. This was associated with significant reductions in thermal paw withdrawal latency (Hargreaves test: by 50%), mechanical withdrawal threshold (by 82%) and weight bearing on the injected side (by 81%) measured with independent force plates. Smaller reductions in thermal paw withdrawal latency and mechanical withdrawal threshold, and smaller enhancement of withdrawal reflex force, were observed following 0.1% carrageenan. Intraplantar saline was ineffective. This method allows assessment of hyperalgesic changes in stimulus-response coding over a broad range of noxious stimulus intensities.
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