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Intracerebroventricular injection of trazodone produces 5-HT receptor subtype mediated anti-nociception at the supraspinal and spinal levels.

Serotonin (5-HT) mediated anti-nociceptive effects induced by an anti-depressant, trazodone, are related to 5-HT(1A) receptor activities at the supraspinal level. 5-HT(3) receptor activation via the descending anti-nociceptive pathways may contribute to the trazodone mediated anti-nociception at the spinal level. Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of trazodone dose-dependently impaired nociceptive responses in the formalin test in mice. Six and 15 microg of trazodone inhibited the early (P<0.05 or 0.01) and the late phases of the formalin test (P<0.05 or 0.01), while 3 microg had no effect. We examined the effects of a selective 5-HT(1A) receptor antagonist, WAY-100635, a single injection of which induced hyperalgesia (P<0.05), and blocked the anti-nociceptive effects of trazodone (P<0.01) when the two were simultaneously injected i.c.v. Intrathecal (i.t.) injection of a selective 5-HT(3) receptor antagonist, 3-tropanylindole-3-carboxylate hydrochloride, blocked the anti-nociceptive effects of i.c.v. trazodone (P<0.01), while WAY-100635 (i.t.) did not impair trazodone mediated anti-nociception. Trazodone mediated anti-nocicepton is related to serotonergic activity at both the supraspinal and the spinal level.

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