Mechanisms of referred visceral pain: uterine inflammation in the adult virgin rat results in neurogenic plasma extravasation in the skin

Ursula Wesselmann, Jean Luc Laı̈
In: Pain · 1997 · vol. 73(3) , pp. 309–317 · doi:10.1016/s0304-3959(97)00112-7 · PMID:9469520 · W1996638593
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Uterine inflammation in rats caused plasma extravasation in the skin, demonstrating trophic changes in referred pain areas and supporting dichotomizing afferent fibers, spinal cord pathways, or sympathetic reflexes as mediating neuronal pathways.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanisms of referred pain observed in female patients with pain from the reproductive organs. We developed a model of inflammatory uterine pain in the rat. Inflammation of the uterus in rats pretreated with Evans Blue Dye resulted in dye extravasation in the skin over the abdomen, groin, lower back, thighs, perineal area and proximal tail, thus providing for the first time evidence for the trophic changes observed in the area of referred visceral pain in an animal model of uterine pain. The neuronal pathways mediating the observed dye extravasation in the skin after uterine inflammation may include dichotomizing afferent fibers, afferent-afferent interactions via a spinal cord pathway or a sympathetic reflex. This model will allow to gain further insight into the mechanisms of referred pain and the trophic changes observed in the area of referred pain in visceral disease.

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