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Although immune responses in the dorsal horn have been implicated in SCI-pain, immune mechanisms in the periphery, especially in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG), where nociceptor cell bodies reside, have not been well studied. Exercise is an immunomodulator, and we showed previously that early exercise after SCI reduces pain development. However, the mechanisms of exercise-mediated pain reduction are not understood. Therefore, we examined the 1) underlying immune differences in the spinal cord and DRG between rats with and without pain and 2) immunomodulatory effects of exercise in pain reduction. Rats were subjected to a unilateral contusion at C5 and tested for pain development using von Frey and mechanical conflict-avoidance paradigms. A subgroup of rats was exercised on forced running wheels starting at 5 days post-injury for 4 weeks. 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