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KMID : 0811720120160060387
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Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology
2012 Volume.16 No. 6 p.387 ~ p.392
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Antinociceptive Effect of Cyperi rhizoma and Corydalis tuber Extracts on Neuropathic Pain in Rats
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Choi Jae-Gyun
Kang Suk-Yun
Kim Jae-Min
Roh Dae-Hyun
Yoon Seo-Yeon
Park Jin-Bong
Lee Jang-Hern
Kim Hyun-Woo
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Abstract
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In this study, we examined the antinociceptive effect of Cyperi rhizoma (CR) and Corydalis tuber (CT) extracts using a chronic constriction injury-induced neuropathic pain rat model. After the ligation of sciatic nerve, neuropathic pain behavior such as mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia were rapidly induced and maintained for 1 month. Repeated treatment of CR or CT (per oral, 10 or 30 mg/kg, twice a day) was performed either in induction (day 0∼5) or maintenance (day 14∼19) period of neuropathic pain state. Treatment of CR or CT at doses of 30 mg/kg in the induction and maintenance periods significantly decreased the nerve injury-induced mechanical allodynia. In addition, CR and CT at doses of 10 or 30 mg/kg alleviated thermal heat hyperalgesia when they were treated in the maintenance period. Finally, CR or CT (30 mg/kg) treated during the induction period remarkably reduced the nerve injury-induced phosphorylation of NMDA receptor NR1 subunit (pNR1) in the spinal dorsal horn. Results of this study suggest that extracts from CR and CT may be useful to alleviate neuropathic pain.
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KEYWORD
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Chronic constriction injury, Corydalis tuber, Cyperi rhizoma, Neuropathic pain, NMDA receptor
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