Role of vagus nerve stimulation in the treatment of chronic pain

P Shao, H Li, J Jiang, Y Guan, X Chen… - …, 2023 - karger.com
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) can modulate vagal activity and neuro-immune
communication. Human and animal studies have provided growing evidence that VNS can …

Contemporaneous evaluation of patient experience, surgical strategy, and seizure outcomes in patients undergoing stereoelectroencephalography or subdural …

LH Kim, JJ Parker, AL Ho, AY Feng, KK Kumar… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Intracranial electrographic localization of the seizure onset zone (SOZ) can guide
surgical approaches for medically refractory epilepsy patients, especially when the …

[HTML][HTML] Pain modulation in WAG/Rij epileptic Rats (A genetic model of absence epilepsy): effects of biological and pharmacological histone deacetylase inhibitors

C De Caro, L Di Cesare Mannelli, JJV Branca… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Epigenetic mechanisms are involved in epilepsy and chronic pain development. About that,
we studied the effects of the natural histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor sodium butyrate …

Ropivacaine-induced seizures evoked pain sensitization in rats: participation of 5-HT/5-HT3R

CL Yang, JJ Jing, SY Fu, YL Zhong, XZ Su, ZM Shi… - Neurotoxicology, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the increasing use of local anesthetic techniques in various healthcare settings, local
anesthetic toxicity still occurs. Seizures are the most common symptom of local anesthetic …

Does pain sensitivity increase during ictal period? Evidence from absence epileptic WAG/Rij rats

SK Velioglu, O Gedikli, M Yıldırım, A Ayar - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective The hyperexcitable brain provides a common ground for comorbidity of pain
syndromes and epilepsy. There are controversial reports about pain sensitivity during the …

The effect of dexketoprofen trometamol on WAG/Rij rats with absence epilepsy (dexketoprofen in absence epilepsy)

A Erdil, MS Demirsoy, S Çolak, E Duman… - Neurological …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Aim Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological diseases. Dexketoprofen (DEX) is a
nonselective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug that is used as an analgesic. The present …

Electroencephalographic investigation of the effects of Ginkgo biloba on spike-wave discharges in rats with genetic absence epilepsy

Ö Gedikli, M Akca, M Yildirim - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective EGb 761, a plant extract obtained from the leaves of the Ginkgo biloba tree, is
widely used in modern medicine and traditional medicine applications in the treatment of …

Analgesic activity of some aroylhydrazone-based molecular hybrids with antiseizure activity: in vivo and in silico evaluations

S Marchev, P Andreeva-Gateva… - Biotechnology & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
We have recently identified several aroylhydrazone-based molecular hybrids with
antiseizure activity. We aimed to investigate the analgesic activity of these molecules further …

Affective Pain Hypersensitivity in the Amygdala Kindling Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

KN MacDonald - 2023 - search.proquest.com
To examine comorbid pain sensitivity, temporal lobe epilepsy was modeled with a 42-
stimulation amygdala kindling paradigm using rats. Sham and kindled rats' mechanical …

The orally bioavailable imidazodiazepine, KRM-II-81, is a novel potentiator of α2/3-containing GABAA receptors with analgesic efficacy

JL Smith, JL Fisher, LK Golani, DE Knutson… - … , and Psychology of Pain, 2022 - Elsevier
GABA A receptors have long been known to be important modulators of pain but the
development of pain-modifying medicines based upon this mechanism has been hampered …