behavior/neurological
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• non-primed mice show no significant differences in the course of carrageen-induced hyperalgesia relative to wild-type controls
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• carrageenan-primed mice show a significantly lower magnitude of persistent prostaglandin E2 (PGE2)-induced mechanical hyperalgesia than wild-type controls
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• after carrageenan-induced priming, the magnitude of persistent PGE2-induced mechanical and thermal hyperalgesia is significantly reduced in primed mice relative to wild-type controls
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• carrageenan-primed mice show a significantly lower magnitude of persistent PGE2-induced thermal hyperalgesia than wild-type controls
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nervous system
• small dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons exhibit a small but significant decrease in the threshold of activation relative to wild-type DRG neurons
• however, resting membrane potential (RMP), rheobase, and relative refractory period are relatively unchanged
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homeostasis/metabolism
• DRG neurons exhibit slightly lower baseline intracellular Ca2+ levels than wild-type DRG neurons, as indicated by the amplitude of the F340/380 nm ratio
• however, capsaicin-evoked Ca2+ responses in cultured DRG neurons are normal
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