Factors contributing to pain chronicity

CK Wang, JM Hah, I Carroll - Current pain and headache reports, 2009 - Springer
The chronicity of pain is the feature of pain that is least understood and most directly linked
with our inability to effectively manage pain. Acute pain is relatively responsive to our current …

Minocycline‐induced reduction of brain‐derived neurotrophic factor expression in relation to cancer‐induced bone pain in rats

L Wang, J Yang, Y Zhan, F Ji, X Wang… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Previous studies have suggested that the release of brain‐derived neurotrophic factor
(BDNF) from microglia in spinal cord is necessary for maintaining pain hypersensitivity after …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of spinal cord glial cells to L. amazonensis experimental infection-induced pain in BALB/c mice

SM Borghi, V Fattori, FA Pinho-Ribeiro… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background The cellular and molecular pathophysiological mecha\nisms of pain processing
in neglected parasitic infections such as leishmaniasis remain unknown. The present study …

Intrathecal infusion of pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate for the prevention and reversal of neuropathic pain in rats using a sciatic chronic constriction injury model

YD Pan, QL Guo, E Wang, Z Ye, ZH He… - Regional Anesthesia & …, 2010 - rapm.bmj.com
Background and Objectives: Recent studies have suggested that nuclear factor κB (NF-κB)
may play a role in mediating nerve injury-induced neuropathic pain. Here, we examined the …

[HTML][HTML] Combination of tramadol with minocycline exerted synergistic effects on a rat model of nerve injury-induced neuropathic pain

XP Mei, L Chen, W Wang, D Wu, LY Wang, T Zhang… - Neurosignals, 2013 - karger.com
Neuropathic pain is a refractory clinical problem. Certain drugs, such as tramadol, proved
useful for the treatment of neuropathic pain by inhibiting the activity of nociceptive neurons …

[HTML][HTML] Minocycline prevents muscular pain hypersensitivity and cutaneous allodynia produced by repeated intramuscular injections of hypertonic saline in healthy …

MS Samour, SS Nagi, PJ Shortland, DA Mahns - The Journal of Pain, 2017 - Elsevier
Minocycline, a glial suppressor, prevents behavioral hypersensitivities in animal models of
peripheral nerve injury. However, clinical trials of minocycline in human studies have …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial therapies for chronic pain (part 1): analgesic mechanisms

EJ Wang, J Karri, N Tontisirin… - The Korean journal of …, 2023 - synapse.koreamed.org
There is increasing evidence that the relationship between chronic pain and infections is
complex and intertwined. Bacterial and viral infections can cause pain through numerous …

μ-Opioid and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the amygdala contribute to minocycline-induced potentiation of morphine analgesia in rats

H Ghazvini, A Rezayof, Z Ghasemzadeh… - Behavioural …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of the amygdala in the potentiative
effect of minocycline, a semisynthetic tetracycline antibiotic, on morphine analgesia in male …

Sulfasalazine attenuates chronic constriction injury-induced neuroinflammation and mechanical hypersensitivity in rats

L Ma, H Liu, G Chen, M Chen, L Wang, X Zhang… - Neuroscience …, 2018 - Elsevier
Neuropathic pain is a severe and chronic neurological disease caused by injury or disease
of the somatosensory system. Currently, there are no effective treatments for neuropathic …

Sciatic nerve intrafascicular lidocaine Injection-induced peripheral neuropathic pain: Alleviation by systemic minocycline administration

KI Cheng, HC Wang, YC Wu, KY Tseng… - The Clinical journal …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Peripheral nerve block guidance with a nerve stimulator or echo may not prevent
intrafascicular injury. This study investigated whether intrafascicular lidocaine induces …