Neuropathic pain: mechanisms and their clinical implications

SP Cohen, J Mao - Bmj, 2014 - bmj.com
Neuropathic pain can develop after nerve injury, when deleterious changes occur in injured
neurons and along nociceptive and descending modulatory pathways in the central nervous …

Opioid-induced hyperalgesia: cellular and molecular mechanisms

LA Roeckel, GM Le Coz, C Gavériaux-Ruff, F Simonin - Neuroscience, 2016 - Elsevier
Opioids produce strong analgesia but their use is limited by a paradoxical hypersensitivity
named opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH) that may be associated to analgesic tolerance. In …

[HTML][HTML] Role of IL-6 in the regulation of neuronal development, survival and function

KK Kummer, M Zeidler, T Kalpachidou, M Kress - Cytokine, 2021 - Elsevier
The pleiotropic cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) is emerging as a molecule with both beneficial
and destructive potentials. It can exert opposing actions triggering either neuron survival …

[HTML][HTML] Diabetic neuropathic pain: physiopathology and treatment

AK Schreiber, CFM Nones, RC Reis… - World journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Diabetic neuropathy is a common complication of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, which
affects over 90% of the diabetic patients. Although pain is one of the main symptoms of …

Biological hypotheses and biomarkers of bipolar disorder

E Sigitova, Z Fišar, J Hroudová… - Psychiatry and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The most common mood disorders are major depressive disorders and bipolar disorders
(BD). The pathophysiology of BD is complex, multifactorial, and not fully understood …

Characterisation of immune and neuroinflammatory changes associated with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

PGS Makker, SS Duffy, JG Lees, CJ Perera, RS Tonkin… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) and associated neuropathic pain is a
debilitating adverse effect of cancer treatment. Current understanding of the mechanisms …

Salivary markers of inflammation in response to acute stress

DC Slavish, JE Graham-Engeland, JM Smyth… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2015 - Elsevier
There is burgeoning interest in the ability to detect inflammatory markers in response to
stress within naturally occurring social contexts and/or across multiple time points per day …

Spinal cord stimulation in chronic pain: evidence and theory for mechanisms of action

J Caylor, R Reddy, S Yin, C Cui, M Huang… - Bioelectronic …, 2019 - Springer
Well-established in the field of bioelectronic medicine, Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) offers
an implantable, non-pharmacologic treatment for patients with intractable chronic pain …

The role of microglia in the pathobiology of neuropathic pain development: what do we know?

H Zhao, A Alam, Q Chen, M A. Eusman… - BJA: British Journal …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Neuropathic pain, a maladaptive and chronic condition that can develop after a lesion or
disease affecting the somatosensory system, is characterized by allodynia, hyperalgesia …

Histamine, histamine receptors, and neuropathic pain relief

I Obara, V Telezhkin, I Alrashdi… - British Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Histamine, acting via distinct histamine H1, H2, H3, and H4 receptors, regulates various
physiological and pathological processes, including pain. In the last two decades, there has …