Interactions between the cannabinoid and the serotonergic systems in modulation of pain perception

Autor: Hristina Nocheva, Zafer Sabit, Dimitar Bakalov, Evgeni Grigorov
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Pharmacia, Vol 68, Iss 1, Pp 109-115 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2603-557X
DOI: 10.3897/pharmacia.68.e49219
Popis: The aim of our study was to evaluate the effects of cannabinoids and serotonergic system on nociception in intact rats and after heat stress. Cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1) and 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor (5НТ1А) agonists and antagonists have been administered according to different experimental designs (alone and in combinations) in intact male Wistar rats, as well in animals subjected to one hour of heat stress. Pain perception has been evaluated by Paw pressure test. Our results pointed out that cannabinoids and the serotonergic system interact in nociception in intact animals as well as after heat stress. Cannabinoids seemed to have less prominent role in such interaction in intact animals than after heat stress. The interplay between the two systems probably involves different mechanisms in intact animals and after heat stress with time-dependent effects. The interaction between the cannabinoid and the serotonergic systems exerts a modulating rather than mediating effect on h-SIA.
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