Distribution of substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide in the spinal cord of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels affected by symptomatic syringomyelia. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The causes of clinical signs associated with syringomyelia in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (CKCS) are incompletely understood. In this study we compared expression of two pain-related neuropeptides: substance P (SP) and calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP), in the spinal cord dorsal horn of normal dogs with that in CKCS with and without clinical signs of syringomyelia. There was a decrease in expression of both peptides in CKCS with 'symptomatic' syringomyelia that was also associated with significant asymmetry in SP-I and similar, though non-significant, asymmetry in CGRP-I compared with other groups. The asymmetric distribution of these pain-related peptides may be a consequence of syrinx-associated damage to grey matter but may also play a role in generation of pain.

published proceedings

  • Res Vet Sci

altmetric score

  • 0.25

author list (cited authors)

  • Hu, H. Z., Rusbridge, C., Constantino-Casas, F., & Jeffery, N.

citation count

  • 13

complete list of authors

  • Hu, Hilary Zhaoxu||Rusbridge, Clare||Constantino-Casas, Fernando||Jeffery, Nick

publication date

  • August 2012