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The Antinociceptive and Antiinflammatory Properties of 3-furan-2-yl-N-p-tolyl-acrylamide, a Positive Allosteric Modulator of alpha 7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Mice

2015    Bagdas, Deniz; Targowska-Duda, Katarzyna M.; Lopez, Jhon J.; Perez, Edwin G.; Arias, Hugo R.; Damaj, M. Imad

BACKGROUND: Positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) facilitate endogenous neurotransmission and/or enhance the efficacy of agonists without directly acting on the orthosteric binding sites. In this regard, selective 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor type II PAMs display antinociceptive activity in rodent chronic inflammatory and neuropathic pain models. This study investigates whether 3-furan-2-yl-N-p-tolyl-acrylamide (PAM-2), a new putative 7-selective type II PAM, attenuates experimental inflammatory and neuropathic pains in mice.