关键词: Iontophoresis 、 Capsaicin 、 Inflammation 、 Nociception 、 Internal medicine 、 Adrenergic receptor 、 Phenoxybenzamine 、 Adrenergic antagonist 、 Endocrinology 、 Chemistry 、 Adrenergic
摘要: An adrenergic mechanism is thought to contribute pain in conditions that sometimes develop during chronic inflammation and after nerve or tissue injury. There some doubt, however, about whether activity influences nociception acute inflammation. To investigate this issue, the noncompetitive alpha-(α) antagonist phenoxybenzamine was introduced by iontophoresis into skin of 16 healthy volunteers either before topical application capsaicin. When applied capsaicin, increased thermal hyperalgesia at normal ambient temperatures body warming. These findings suggest blocked an analgesic when onset However, effect disappeared cooling. inhibited temperatures, warming Thus, a hyperalgesic It concluded presence nociceptive α-adrenergic blockage, possibly increasing access excitatory receptors on afferents. influence may overcome inhibitory