In rats, intrathecal sandostatin did not alter the C-fibre response.
In plain wordsIn rats, intrathecal sandostatin did not change the C-fibre response.
- Peptide
- Octreotide
- Outcome
- No significant changeC-fibre response
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Spinal neuronal responses to electrical stimulation or formalin- Outcome group
- Pain · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · intrathecalAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
Intrathecal pre-treatment with sandostatin and somatostatin did not alter the C-fibre response, wind up or A beta responses of the cells.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The role of somatostatin and a stable analogue, sandostatin (Octreotide), on the responses of spinal cord neurones in vivo was investigated in the rat.
Electrical C-fibre stimulation was used as a model of acute nociception and the response to subcutaneous formalin was used as a model of longer term events.