Publicação: Sex-related differences in the analgesic response to the rat tail immersion test
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The analgesic response was evaluated by the tail immersion test in adult male (N = 30), female (N = 21) and androgenized female Wistar rats (N = 15). The reaction time for tail withdrawal from the hot water bath was faster for male than for female rats (3.48 ± 0.12 vs 6.46 ± 0.42 s). The reaction time of androgenized female rats was similar to that of male rats (3.08 ± 0.16 s). Blockade of opiate receptors with naloxone (2 mg/kg, ip) decreased the sensitivity to the noxious stimuli in males (4.08 ± 0.10 s) and in androgenized females (3.69 ± 0.19 s) but increased it in female rats (5.01 ± 0.41 s). These data show sex-related differences in the analgesic response evaluated by the tail immersion test and indicate that administration of androgens to newborn female rats affects their pain sensitivity.
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neonatal androgenization, pain, sex difference, tail immersion test
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Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, v. 27, n. 7, p. 1669-1672, 1994.
