| Literature DB >> 11166927 |
J Sato1, K Takanari, S Omura, K Mizumura.
Abstract
We investigated whether lowering barometric pressure by 20 mmHg (LP) aggravates the guarding behavior suggestive of spontaneous pain following sciatic nerve chronic constriction injury (CCI) in rats. Systemic blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) of unrestrained rats were recorded telemetrically during LP both before and after the CCI surgery. CCI rats showed guarding posture in normopressure conditions, and LP increased the cumulative time of this behavior. Baseline BP but not HR was increased following CCI. LP increased BP and HR of the rats only before the CCI surgery. Animals after CCI surgery showed variable (BP, HR) and transient (HR) responses to LP. These results indicate that (1) LP aggravated spontaneous pain and increased BP and HR in the CCI rats, and (2) CCI surgery influenced BP and HR of rats.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11166927 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(00)01769-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurosci Lett ISSN: 0304-3940 Impact factor: 3.046