• Neuroscience letters · Oct 2015

    Gabapentin attenuates neuropathic pain and improves nerve myelination after chronic sciatic constriction in rats.

    • Carlos C Câmara, Celina V Araújo, Kalina Kelma Oliveira de Sousa, Gerly A C Brito, Mariana L Vale, Ramon da Silva Raposo, Fabiana Evaristo Mendonça, Bruno S Mietto, Ana Maria B Martinez, and Reinaldo B Oriá.
    • Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Federal and Rural University of the SemiArid-UFERSA, Mossoro, RN, Brazil; Laboratory of Tissue healing, Ontogeny and Nutrition, Department of Morphology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
    • Neurosci. Lett. 2015 Oct 21; 607: 52-8.

    AbstractGabapentin (GBP) is an anti-convulsive drug often used as analgesic to control neuropathic pain. This study aimed at evaluating oral GBP treatment (30, 60, 120 mg/kg, 60 min prior to chronic constriction of the sciatic nerve (CCSN) along 15-day treatment post-injury, 12 h/12 h) by monitoring spontaneous and induced-pain behaviors in Wistar rats on 5th and 15th days post-injury during early neuropathic events. CCSN animals receiving saline were used as controls. Another aim of this study was to evaluate GBP effects on myelin basic protein (MBP) on the 5th and 15th days post-injury and nerve morphology by transmission electron microscopy to address nerve regeneration. On the 5th and 15th days, GBP (60 mg/kg) reduced neuropathic pain behaviors (scratching and biting) in the ipsilateral paw and alleviated mechanical allodynia in comparison with the neuropathic saline group. GBP significantly increased climbing and rearing behaviors in CCSN and CCSN-free animals suggesting increased motor activity rather than sedation. We found three-fold significant increase in MBP expression by western blots on the 15th day when compared to controls. In addition, GPB (60 mg/kg) improved nerve axonal, fiber and myelin area 15 days post-surgery. In conclusion, GBP alleviated mechanical and thermal allodynia and spontaneous pain-related behaviors and improved later nerve morphology. Our findings suggest that GBP improve nerve remyelination after chronic constriction of the sciatic nerve.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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