Classification of neuropathic pain according to etiology or localization has clear limitations.
The discovery of specific molecular and cellular events following experimental nerve injury …

Neuropathic pain syndromes—pain after a lesion or disease of the peripheral or central
nervous system—are clinically characterized by spontaneous and evoked types of pain …

Neuropathic pain is part of the neurological disease spectrum and may be an expression of
severe medical pathology. Painful neuropathies have multiple disguises and may to a …

For centuries, clinicians have been taught to examine and classify patients on the basis of
topographical lesion and the underlying pathology. In most clinical specialities, such an …

Advances in the standardization of assessment of patients with painful neuropathies are
beginning to have an impact on how clinical studies are designed. Major progress has been …

It is largely acknowledged that multiple and complex pathophysiological mechanisms may
be at play in neuropathic pain. This short review summarises the current understanding of …

Abstract The International Association for the Study of Pain defines neuropathic pain as
“pain arising as a direct consequence of a lesion or disease affecting the somatosensory …

While it may be convenient to categorize neuropathic pain syndromes on the basis of
anatomical distribution or disease state (eg, diabetic neuropathy, radiculopathy, postherpetic …

Peripheral neuropathic pain, that clinical pain syndrome associated with lesions to the
peripheral nervous system, is characterized by positive and negative symptoms. Positive …

Neuropathic pain is a debilitating form of treatment resistant chronic pain and responds
poorly to the clinically available therapies. Studies from animal models of neuropathic pain …