Repeated hapten exposure induces persistent tactile sensitivity in mice modeling localized provoked vulvodynia.

BACKGROUND:Vulvodynia is a remarkably prevalent chronic pain condition of unknown etiology. Epidemiologic studies associate the risk of vulvodynia with a history of atopic disease. We used an established model of hapten-driven contact hypersensitivity to investigate the underlying mechanisms of alle...

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Main Authors: Jasmine Landry, Tijana Martinov, Hanna Mengistu, Jyothi Dhanwada, Charles J Benck, Jaclyn Kline, Beebie Boo, Linnea Swanson, Elena Tonc, Randy Daughters, Brian T Fife, Devavani Chatterjea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5291437?pdf=render