Chronic Vitamin C Administration Induces Thermal Hyperalgesia in Male Rats
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ABSTRACT
Against a backdrop of neurological effects; the effects of acute and chronic administration of vitamin C (600mg/kg) on pain processing were investigated in male rats. Chronic administration of vitamin C induced significant thermal hyperalgesia while acute administration had no effect. In addition; the intraperitoneal administration of vitamin C produced observable abdominal writtings similar to what has been observed with acetic acid. We conclude that chronic vitamin C exerts facilitatory central nervous system effects and a possibility of using intraperitoneal injection of vitamin C as an animal model of pain is suggested
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Base de dados:
AIM (África)
Assunto principal:
Ácido Ascórbico
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Pão
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Hiperalgesia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Nigerian Journal of Health and Biomedical Sciences
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
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