PMID- 25246352 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150605 LR - 20201114 IS - 1872-7972 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3940 (Linking) VI - 583 DP - 2014 Nov 7 TI - Nociceptive sensitization and BDNF up-regulation in a rat model of traumatic brain injury. PG - 55-9 LID - S0304-3940(14)00767-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.09.030 [doi] AB - Chronic pain after traumatic brain injury (TBI) is very common, but the mechanisms linking TBI to pain experienced in the periphery have not been described. In this set of studies we examined nociceptive sensitization and changes in spinal cord gene expression using the rat lateral fluid percussion model of mild TBI. We did not identify changes in thermal nociceptive thresholds in rats with mild TBI. However, mechanical allodynia in hind paws contralateral to TBI was significant and sustained. We also found that spinal cord levels of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) but not several other pain-related genes were up-regulated one week after injury. Our findings suggest that TBI-induced up-regulation of spinal BDNF levels might contribute to chronic TBI-related pain, and that the lateral fluid percussion model might be useful for exploring this relationship. CI - Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. FAU - Feliciano, David P AU - Feliciano DP AD - Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, 291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, United States. FAU - Sahbaie, Peyman AU - Sahbaie P AD - Anesthesiology Service, VA Palo Alto Healthcare System, 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, United States. FAU - Shi, Xiaoyou AU - Shi X AD - Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, 291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, United States; Anesthesiology Service, VA Palo Alto Healthcare System, 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, United States. FAU - Klukinov, Michael AU - Klukinov M AD - Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, 291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, United States. FAU - Clark, J David AU - Clark JD AD - Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, 291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, United States; Anesthesiology Service, VA Palo Alto Healthcare System, 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, United States. Electronic address: djclark@stanford.edu. FAU - Yeomans, David C AU - Yeomans DC AD - Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, 291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, United States. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20140920 PL - Ireland TA - Neurosci Lett JT - Neuroscience letters JID - 7600130 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain Injuries/*metabolism/*physiopathology/psychology MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*metabolism MH - Gene Expression MH - Male MH - *Nociception MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Up-Regulation OTO - NOTNLM OT - Brain derived neurotrophic factor OT - Chronic pain OT - Traumatic brain injury EDAT- 2014/09/24 06:00 MHDA- 2015/06/06 06:00 CRDT- 2014/09/24 06:00 PHST- 2014/08/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/09/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/09/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/09/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/09/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/06/06 06:00 [medline] AID - S0304-3940(14)00767-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.09.030 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurosci Lett. 2014 Nov 7;583:55-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.09.030. Epub 2014 Sep 20.