Background Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is considered by some investigators to be
predominantly a deafferentation-type central pain syndrome; others suggest that activity of …

Neuropathic pain is defined as pain initiated or caused by a primary lesion or dysfunction of
the nervous system. Syndromes such as postherpetic neuralgia, complex regional pain …

Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a common and often devastatingly painful condition. It is
also one of the most extensively investigated of the neuropathic pains. Patients with PHN …

Background In postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), dorsal root ganglia neurons are damaged.
According to the proposed models, PHN pain might be associated with nociceptive …

Twelve otherwise healthy patients with longstanding postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) were
prospectively studied using clinical examination, infrared thermography and response to …

In the syndrome of post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), the nature of the sensory disturbance and
its relationship both to the severity and cause of the pain is controversial. To address these …

Background A variety of analgesics have been studied in the treatment of postherpetic
neuralgia, with several medications demonstrating some degree of efficacy. However …

Acute herpes zoster is a highly stereotyped condition of viral recrudescence producing
inflammation in a dorsal root ganglion, a segmental vesicular rash, and pain. The long-term …

Postherpetic neuralgia is an exceptionally drug-resistant neuropathic pain. To investigate
the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying postherpetic neuralgia we clinically …

BACKGROUND: The efficiency of inhibitory pain descending pathways (evaluated using
conditioned pain modulation [CPM]) has not been studied in postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) …