Gonadectomy and persistent pain differently affect hippocampal c-Fos expression in male and female rats
Gonadectomy and persistent pain differently affect hippocampal c-Fos expression in male and female rats
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DOI:
10.1016/s0304-3940(00)00819-3
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发表时间:
2000-03-03
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Herdegen, T
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作者:
Aloisi, AM;Ceccarelli, I;Herdegen, T
Hippocampal c-Fos expression was studied in male and female rats after gonadectomy and persistent pain. Three weeks after surgery, animals were sham- or formalin-injected (50 mu l, 10%) and placed in a familiar testing apparatus. The formalin-evoked licking, flexing and jerking of the injected paw were recorded for 60 min, c-Fos was determined in the dorsal and ventral hippocampus: dentate gyrus (DG), CA1 and CA3. Gonadectomy induced higher c-Fos in the dorsal DG of both sexes, in all ventral subfields of males and in the ventral CA3 of females. In normal males a nd females, formalin increased c-Fos in the dorsal DG and in the male ventral subfields. In gonadectomized ones formalin decreased or did not change c-Fos. Gonadectomy induced longer flexing in males and females. These data indicate an important and sex-dependent interaction between gonadal hormones, nociceptive input and neuronal activity in the hippocampus. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.