Haruki Nishimura, Makoto Kawasaki, Takanori Matsuura, Hitoshi Suzuki, Yasuhito Motojima, Kazuhiko Baba, Hideo Ohnishi, Yoshiaki Yamanaka, Teruaki Fujitani, Mitsuhiro Yoshimura, Takashi Maruyama, Hiromichi Ueno, Satomi Sonoda, Kazuaki Nishimura, Kentarou Tanaka, Kenya Sanada, Tatsushi Onaka, Yoichi Ueta, Akinori Sakai
Various types of acute/chronic nociceptive stimuli cause neuroendocrine responses such as activation of the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial [oxytocin (OXT) and arginine vasopressin (AVP)] system and hypothalamo-pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis. Chronic multiple-arthritis activates the OXT/AVP system, but the effects of acute mono-arthritis on the OXT/AVP system in the same animals has not been simultaneously evaluated. Further, AVP, not corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), predominantly activates the HPA axis in chronic multiple-arthritis, but the participation of AVP in HPA axis activation in acute mono-arthritis remains unknown...
2020: Frontiers in Endocrinology