Consomic rats parental strains differ in sensory perception, pain developed following nerve injury and in IL-1 beta and IL-6 levels

- Differences in response to sensory stimuli, pain development and cytokine secretion of parental inbred rat strains used to construct consomic lines may have a genetic basis.
- Following chronic constriction injury, Dahl Salt Sensitive rats developed significant hypersensitivity, which correlated with the IL-6 and IL-1β secretion.