behavior/neurological
• increased spontaneous nocifensive responses to intraplantar capsaicin
• significantly more sensitive to thermal and mechanical stimuli than wildtype 24 hours, but not 48 hours, following induction of hindpaw inflammation
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hyperalgesia
(
J:96597
)
• homozygotes are significantly more sensitive to thermal and mechanical stimuli than wildtype 24 hours, but not 48 hours, following induction of hindpaw inflammation
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• increase in nociceptive responses in phase II of formalin test and a longer duration of nocifensive behaviors during phase I of the formalin response
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nervous system
• number of Ca2+-permeable AMPA channels is increased in laminae of the spinal cord
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• increase in nociceptive activity-induced synaptic plasticity in the spinal dorsal horn
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• the AMPA/NMDA peak current ratio and current integral ratio is increased in spinal neurons
• AMPA channel-mediated peak currents on second-order spinal neurons are significantly enhanced
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