The sex-dependent effects of acute restraint (RT) on nociceptive and pituitary-adrenal responses were investigated in the rat. In a first experiment, the effect of 30 min RT on pain sensitivity was evaluated through repeated use of the tail withdrawal test during and after treatment. RT induced an increase in the nociceptive threshold, i.e., analgesia, in males and females, but the duration and time-course of this effect varied between sexes. The latencies returned to approximately control values in females in the second half of RT, but in males they remained higher for the whole period of RT and immediately afterwards. Twenty-four hours later, males displayed longer latencies than controls in response to simple reexposure to the environment. In a second experiment, ACTH and corticosterone plasma levels were measured immediately after 15 or 30 min of RT. ACTH and corticosterone were higher in restrained animals than in controls after both periods of treatment, and in both sexes; however, females showed higher basal and stress corticosterone levels than males. The role played by corticosteroids in the nociceptive responses of the two sexes is discussed.

Aloisi, A.M., Steenbergen, H.L., VAN DE POLL, N.E., Farabollini, F. (1994). Sex-dependent effects of restraint on nociception and pituitary-adrenal hormones in the rat. PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR, 55(5), 789-793 [10.1016/0031-9384(94)90061-2].

Sex-dependent effects of restraint on nociception and pituitary-adrenal hormones in the rat

ALOISI A. M.;FARABOLLINI F.
1994-01-01

Abstract

The sex-dependent effects of acute restraint (RT) on nociceptive and pituitary-adrenal responses were investigated in the rat. In a first experiment, the effect of 30 min RT on pain sensitivity was evaluated through repeated use of the tail withdrawal test during and after treatment. RT induced an increase in the nociceptive threshold, i.e., analgesia, in males and females, but the duration and time-course of this effect varied between sexes. The latencies returned to approximately control values in females in the second half of RT, but in males they remained higher for the whole period of RT and immediately afterwards. Twenty-four hours later, males displayed longer latencies than controls in response to simple reexposure to the environment. In a second experiment, ACTH and corticosterone plasma levels were measured immediately after 15 or 30 min of RT. ACTH and corticosterone were higher in restrained animals than in controls after both periods of treatment, and in both sexes; however, females showed higher basal and stress corticosterone levels than males. The role played by corticosteroids in the nociceptive responses of the two sexes is discussed.
1994
Aloisi, A.M., Steenbergen, H.L., VAN DE POLL, N.E., Farabollini, F. (1994). Sex-dependent effects of restraint on nociception and pituitary-adrenal hormones in the rat. PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR, 55(5), 789-793 [10.1016/0031-9384(94)90061-2].
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