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Minocycline Treatment Inhibits Microglial Activation and Alters Spinal Levels of Endocannabinoids in a Rat Model of Neuropathic Pain

Overview of attention for article published in Molecular Pain, January 2009
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Title
Minocycline Treatment Inhibits Microglial Activation and Alters Spinal Levels of Endocannabinoids in a Rat Model of Neuropathic Pain
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Molecular Pain, January 2009
DOI 10.1186/1744-8069-5-35
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Leonardo Guasti, Denise Richardson, Maulik Jhaveri, Khalil Eldeeb, David Barrett, Maurice R Elphick, Stephen PH Alexander, David Kendall, Gregory J Michael, Victoria Chapman

Abstract

Activation of spinal microglia contributes to aberrant pain responses associated with neuropathic pain states. Endocannabinoids (ECs) are present in the spinal cord, and inhibit nociceptive processing; levels of ECs may be altered by microglia which modulate the turnover of endocannabinoids in vitro. Here, we investigate the effect of minocycline, an inhibitor of activated microglia, on levels of the endocannabinoids anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG), and the related compound N-palmitoylethanolamine (PEA), in neuropathic spinal cord. Selective spinal nerve ligation (SNL) in rats resulted in mechanical allodynia and the presence of activated microglia in the ipsilateral spinal cord. Chronic daily treatment with minocycline (30 mg/kg, ip for 14 days) significantly reduced the development of mechanical allodynia at days 5, 10 and 14 post-SNL surgery, compared to vehicle-treated SNL rats (P < 0.001). Minocycline treatment also significantly attenuated OX-42 immunoreactivity, a marker of activated microglia, in the ipsilateral (P < 0.001) and contralateral (P < 0.01) spinal cord of SNL rats, compared to vehicle controls. Minocycline treatment significantly (P < 0.01) decreased levels of 2-AG and significantly (P < 0.01) increased levels of PEA in the ipsilateral spinal cord of SNL rats, compared to the contralateral spinal cord. Thus, activation of microglia affects spinal levels of endocannabinoids and related compounds in neuropathic pain states.

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Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 2%
United States 2 2%
Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 <1%
Romania 1 <1%
Unknown 113 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 23 19%
Researcher 20 17%
Student > Master 12 10%
Student > Bachelor 12 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 8%
Other 28 24%
Unknown 14 12%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 29 24%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 26 22%
Neuroscience 17 14%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 12 10%
Psychology 5 4%
Other 12 10%
Unknown 18 15%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 November 2022.
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#3,053,840
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#14,685
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