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Inhibitory effects of fluoxetine, an antidepressant drug, on masseter muscle nociception at the trigeminal subnucleus caudalis and upper cervical spinal cord regions in a rat model of psychophysical stress.
This study aimed to determine whether psychophysical stress conditionings had facilitatory effects on masseter muscle nociception in the central nervous system via serotonergic mechanisms in rats. Two experiments were conducted to assess: (1) whether repeated forced swim stress for 3 days increased the number of Fos-positive neurons evoked by masseter muscle injury due to formalin injection; and (2) whether serotonin-reuptake inhibitor, fluoxetine, administered daily after each stress conditioning, had modulatory roles on Fos expression. The number of Fos-positive cells was quantified in several areas within the trigeminal subnucleus caudalis (Vc) and upper cervical spinal cord regions (Vc areas), including the ventrolateral area of the trigeminal subnucleus interpolaris/Vc transition, and the middle or caudal portion of the Vc regions, since nociceptive neural activity in the Vc region could play critical roles in deep craniofacial nociception. We found that forced swim stress conditionings increased depression-like behaviors, which was prevented by fluoxetine. Repeated forced swim stress significantly increased Fos expression in all Vc areas compared with those of non-stressed rats, while systemic administration of fluoxetine significantly decreased Fos expression in all areas, but mainly in the caudal Vc region, in stressed rats. Fluoxetine had no effect on Fos expression in non-stressed rats. These results indicate that repeated forced swim stress conditionings increase Fos expression in the Vc areas, and the contribution of serotonergic mechanisms to masseter muscle nociception could be greater in stressed rats than in sham rats. These results support the hypothesis that changes in brain function, including serotonergic mechanisms, in the Vc areas play critical roles in enhanced masseter muscle nociceptive responses under psychophysical stress conditions.
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