behavior/neurological
• mice treated with Grm5-specific antagonist (2-methyl-6-(phenylethynyl)-pyridine; MPEP) fail to exhibit a reduction in formalin-induced inflammatory pain compared with wild-type mice
• formalin-treated mice exhibit greater response to pain during the second phase, but not the first phase, compared with wild-type mice
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• 3 days after complete Freund's adjuvant in a model of chronic pain, mice exhibit increased thermal pain compared with wild-type mice
• however, mice exhibit normal basal thermal pain response and initial pain response
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nervous system
• dorsal spinal cord neurons exhibit enhanced Grm5-mediated calcium response compared with wild-type neurons
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