In MS-like mice, blocking harmful by-products eased pain

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In mice with an MS-like disease, blocking harmful by-products reduced pain and anxiety-like behavior.

What They Found

Certain by-products of cell damage activated nerve cells linked to pain in lab tests. Giving these by-products to mice caused pain-like behavior. Blocking a pain-sensing signal prevented that behavior, while blocking a different signal did not. Apocynin reduced the harmful by-products, pain-like behavior, anxiety-like behavior, inflammation, and damage to nerve coverings in mice with an MS-like disease. An injection that blocked the by-products also reduced pain-like and anxiety-like behavior in those mice.

Who Should Care and Why

This study tested female mice with an MS-like disease, plus cells in a dish. It focused on a mouse model of relapsing-remitting MS, a form with flare-ups followed by periods of recovery. Pain was a main focus of the study. Researchers also measured anxiety-like behavior and damage to nerve coverings. The findings may help explain these changes in mice, but they do not show what happens in people with MS.

Important Considerations

You should know this study did not test any treatment in people. The abstract does not state how many mice were studied. The findings do not show whether blocking these by-products would ease your pain or anxiety.

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