Sweet taste does not modulate pain perception in adult humans.

Autor:	Mooney ER; School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.; Anaesthesia, Pain & Critical Care Sciences, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Level 7, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK., Davies AJ; Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oxford, Level 6 West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK., Pickering AE; School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.; Anaesthesia, Pain & Critical Care Sciences, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Level 7, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Wellcome open research [Wellcome Open Res] 2020 Aug 05; Vol. 5, pp. 43. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Aug 05 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI:	10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15726.2
Abstrakt:	Background : Sugar is routinely used to comfort neonates undergoing painful procedures, and animal studies have shown that sucrose increases the time to withdrawal from painful stimuli. However, there are no published studies examining the effects of sweet substances on heat pain thresholds and percept in adult humans. Methods : Healthy adult volunteers (n=27, aged 18-48 years) were recruited to a controlled, double-blind, randomised, cross-over study to characterise the effect of tasting solutions of equivalent sweetness (10% sucrose and 0.016% sucralose) on warm detection and heat pain thresholds and the percept ratings of painfully hot stimuli. The effect of anticipation of a sweet taste on heat pain threshold was also assessed. Results : Tasting either sucrose or sucralose had no significant effect on the percept of an individually titrated hot stimulus (54.5±4.2 and 54.9±3.2 vs 53.2±3.5 for water, 0-100 visual analogue scale), on the warm detection or heat pain threshold (43.3±0.8, 43.2±0.8 vs 43.0±0.8°C). Anticipation of a sweet substance similarly did not affect heat pain thresholds. Conclusions : Sucrose and sucralose solutions had no analgesic effect when assessed using heat detection thresholds and percept ratings of painfully hot stimuli despite being perceived as sweeter and more pleasant than water. These findings are in contrast to results reported from previous animal studies in which thermal analgesia from sweet solutions is robust. Given the ubiquitous availability of sugar rich drinks in the modern environment, the lack of observable effect may be due to an insufficient hedonic value of the test solutions when compared to the experience of a laboratory rodent. Alternatively, sweet tastes may have a specific effect on pain tolerance rather than the threshold and acute percept measures assayed in this study. Competing Interests: No competing interests were disclosed. (Copyright: © 2020 Mooney ER et al.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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