Zdravko Lackovic

Dr. Zdravko Lackovic


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Academic Career Length

53Years (1974-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 July 2011 in Neuroscience
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IMI. Matak
I. Matak
LBL. Bach-Rojecky
L. Bach-Rojecky
BFB. Filipović
B. Filipović
ZLZdravko Lackovic
Zdravko Lackovic

1 August 2014 in Progress in Neurobiology
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IMIvica Matak
Ivica Matak
ZLZdravko Lackovic
Zdravko Lackovic

1 December 2009 in Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
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LBLidija Bach-Rojecky
Lidija Bach-Rojecky
ZLZdravko Lackovic
Zdravko Lackovic

1 July 2012 in Neurochemistry International
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IMIvica Matak
Ivica Matak
PRPeter Riederer
Peter Riederer
ZLZdravko Lackovic
Zdravko Lackovic

1 May 2010 in European Journal of Pharmacology
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LBLidija Bach-Rojecky
Lidija Bach-Rojecky
MŠMelita Šalković-Petrišić
Melita Šalković-Petrišić
ZLZdravko Lackovic
Zdravko Lackovic

4 January 2012 in PLOS ONE
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BFBoris Filipović
Boris Filipović
IMIvica Matak
Ivica Matak
LBLidija Bach-Rojecky
Lidija Bach-Rojecky
ZLZdravko Lackovic
Zdravko Lackovic
Infraorbital nerve constriction (IoNC) is an experimental model of trigeminal neuropathy. We investigated if IoNC is accompanied by dural extravasation and if botulinum toxin type A (BoNT/A) can reduce pain and dural extravasation in this model. Rats which developed mechanical allodynia 14 days after the IoNC were injected with BoNT/A (3.5 U/kg) into vibrissal pad. Allodynia was tested by von Frey filaments and dural extravasation was measured as colorimetric absorbance of Evans blue - plasma protein complexes. Presence of dural extravasation was also examined in orofacial formalin-induced pain. Unilateral IoNC, as well as formalin injection, produced bilateral dural extravasation. Single unilateral BoNT/A injection bilaterally reduced IoNC induced dural extravasation, as well as allodynia (lasting more than 2 weeks). Similarly, BoNT/A reduced formalin-induced pain and dural extravasation. Effects of BoNT/A on pain and dural extravasation in IoNC model were dependent on axonal transport through sensory neurons, as evidenced by colchicine injections (5 mM, 2 µl) into the trigeminal ganglion completely preventing BoNT/A effects. Two different types of pain, IoNC and formalin, are accompanied by dural extravasation. The lasting effect of a unilateral injection of BoNT/A in experimental animals suggests that BoNT/A might have a long-term beneficial effect in craniofacial pain associated with dural neurogenic inflammation. Bilateral effects of BoNT/A and dependence on retrograde axonal transport suggest a central site of its action.