scholarly journals Cannabinoid Receptor Activation Prevents the Effects of Chronic Mild Stress on Emotional Learning and LTP in a Rat Model of Depression

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 919-933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Segev ◽  
Adva S Rubin ◽  
Hila Abush ◽  
Gal Richter-Levin ◽  
Irit Akirav
1993 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 1215-1220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olgierd Pucilowski ◽  
David H Overstreet ◽  
Amir H Rezvani ◽  
David S Janowsky

2006 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 2395-2404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena N Jayatissa ◽  
Christina Bisgaard ◽  
Anders Tingström ◽  
Mariusz Papp ◽  
Ove Wiborg

2012 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 613-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidia Bravo ◽  
Juan Antonio Mico ◽  
Raquel Rey-Brea ◽  
Beatriz Pérez-Nievas ◽  
Juan Carlos Leza ◽  
...  

Background Chronic pain and depression are two complex states with sensory/somatic and emotional components, and they may mutually exacerbate one another in conditions of comorbidity, leading to a poorer prognosis. Methods The authors have evaluated the sensory and emotional components in a rat model combining chronic constriction injury (CCI, a model of chronic neuropathic pain) with unpredictable chronic mild stress (CMS, an experimental model of depression). In addition, the phosphorylation/activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 and neuronal density was also evaluated in the anterior cingulate cortex. Four groups were tested: sham-control, sham-CMS, CCI-control, and CCI-CMS. Results CMS selectively heightens aversion to painful experiences in animals subjected to CCI, as measured in the place escape/avoidance test at 20, 25, and 30 min (CCI-CMS (mean±SEM): 75.68±3.32, 66.75±4.70, 77.54±3.60 vs. CCI-control: 44.66±6.07, 43.17±6.92, 52.83±5.92, respectively), in conjunction with an increase in the accumulation of phosphorylation/activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinases (CCI-CMS: 4.17±0.52 vs. sham-control: 0.96±0.05) and a decrease in neuronal density in the anterior cingulate cortex. In contrast, chronic pain did not exacerbate the characteristic profile of depression (anhedonia and behavioral despair) in rats subjected to CMS. Furthermore, depression enhances the perception of some specific modalities of sensorial pain such as cold allodynia but has no influence on mechanical threshold. Conclusions These findings support the theory that depression leads to emotional dysfunction in the interpretation of pain in patients suffering chronic pain. In addition, combined animal models of pain-depression may provide a valuable tool to study the comorbidity of pain and depression.


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Author(s):  
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K. Højgaard ◽  
O. Wiborg ◽  
E.V. Bouzinova

2012 ◽  
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pp. 735-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Henningsen ◽  
Mads Dyrvig ◽  
Elena V. Bouzinova ◽  
Sofie Christiansen ◽  
Trine Christensen ◽  
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Yasser el Faramawy ◽  
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