オバタ　ヒデアキ   OBATA Hideaki   小幡　英章    所属   埼玉医科大学  医学部 総合医療センター　麻酔科（麻酔科、産科麻酔科）    職種   教授
論文種別	学術雑誌(原著)
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
招待の有無	招待あり
表題	Analgesic Mechanisms of Antidepressants for Neuropathic Pain
掲載誌名	正式名：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES ISSNコード：14220067
出版社	MDPI AG
巻・号・頁	18(11),2483頁
著者・共著者	Hideaki Obata
発行年月	2017/11
概要	Tricyclic antidepressants and serotonin noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors are used to treat chronic pain, such as neuropathic pain. Why antidepressants are effective for treatment of neuropathic pain and the precise mechanisms underlying their effects, however, remain unclear. The inhibitory effects of these antidepressants for neuropathic pain manifest more quickly than their antidepressive effects, suggesting different modes of action. Recent studies of animal models of neuropathic pain revealed that noradrenaline is extremely important for the inhibition of neuropathic pain. First, increasing noradrenaline in the spinal cord by reuptake inhibition directly inhibits neuropathic pain through (2)-adrenergic receptors. Second, increasing noradrenaline acts on the locus coeruleus and improves the function of an impaired descending noradrenergic inhibitory system. Serotonin and dopamine may reinforce the noradrenergic effects to inhibit neuropathic pain. The mechanisms of neuropathic pain inhibition by antidepressants based mainly on experimental findings from animal models of neuropathic pain are discussed in this review.
DOI	10.3390/ijms18112483
PMID	29160850