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Aghajani M, Vaez Mahdavi M R, Ghazanfari T, Khalili M, Azimi A, Arbab Soleymani S. Effects of dominant/subordinate social status on pain behavior and proinflammatory cytokines in the serum of mice. Physiol Pharmacol 2013; 16 (4) :380-392
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Marjan Aghajani 
, Mohammad Reza Vaez Mahdavi , Tooba Ghazanfari , Mohsen Khalili , Armin Azimi , Saeid Arbab Soleymani
, Mohammad Reza Vaez Mahdavi , Tooba Ghazanfari , Mohsen Khalili , Armin Azimi , Saeid Arbab Soleymani
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Introduction: The current investigations on Health Equity, primarily point to the harmful health consequences of
being in a stressful social hierarchy. The repetitive nature of social conflicts seems to favor the induction of
hyperalgesia or hypoalgesia both in rodents and humans, and it can also affect the immune system. In this study, the
effects of changes in social status on pain perception as well as alterations of pro-inflammatory cytokines were
investigated in Balb/C mice.
Methods: By implementation of a sensory contact model in 22 male inbred mice (stress group) from 30 mice of the
Balb/c strain and modeling of dominance/submissive relationship, each mouse was injected by 20 μl of formalin 2%
and their pain behavior was scored, then serum concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines were measured in all mice.
Results: Our results showed that subordinate mice in chronic phase of formalin test were hypoalgesic as compared
to the control and dominant mice (P<0.05). On the other hand, dominant mice were hypoalgesic as regards to
subordinate mice during acute phase of formalin test. IL-1 and IL-6 concentrations in serum of dominant and
subordinate mice were well above the control group.
Conclusion: These results revealed that despite similar increase of proinflammatory cytokines' level in dominant
and subordinate subjects social status can differently affect pain perception.
Keywords: Dominant/Subordinate relationship, Formalin Test, Stress-induced Analgesia, Stress-induced Hyperalgesia, Proinflammatory cytokines, Mice, Health Equity
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