This thesis studied the role of spinal nitric oxide (NO) in carrageenan-induced dermal hyperalgesia in the rat hindpaw by means of intrathecal (i.t.) administration of various NO synthase (NOS) inhibitors. A spinal role for NO in carrageenan-induced thermal hyperalgesia was confirmed by dose-dependently reducing the hyperalgesia with a non-selective NOS inhibitor. Next, it was determined that a relatively selective neuronal NOS (nNOS) inhibitor and two relatively selective inducible NOS (iNOS) inhibitors were able to reduce carrageenan-induced thermal hyperalgesia. Finally, early administration of either an nNOS or an iNOS inhibitor had no significant effect on carrageenan-induced thermal hyperalgesia. However, late administration of an iNOS, but not an nNOS inhibitor, significantly reduced the thermal hyperalgesia. We therefore suggest that iNOS contributes to only the late stages of carrageenan-induced thermal hyperalgesia, while nNOS likely plays a role throughout the entire time course of the injury.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.21617 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Creators | Osborne, Michael G. |
| Contributors | Coderre, Terence (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Department of Psychology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001657693, proquestno: MQ50848, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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