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σ1 receptors activate astrocytes via p38 MAPK phosphorylation leading to the development of mechanical allodynia in a mouse model of neuropathic pain.

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It is demonstrated that the spinal sigma non‐opioid intracellular receptor 1 (σ1 receptor) modulates p38 MAPK phosphorylation (p‐p38), which plays a critical role in the induction of MA in neuropathic rats.
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Background and Purpose Spinal astrocytes have emerged as important mechanistic contributors to the genesis of mechanical allodynia (MA) in neuropathic pain. We recently demonstrated that the spinal sigma non-opioid intracellular receptor 1 (σ1 receptor) modulates p38 MAPK phosphorylation (p-p38), which plays a critical role in the induction of MA in neuropathic rats. However, the histological and physiological relationships among σ1, p-p38 and astrocyte activation is unclear.

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