[HTML][HTML] The role of the locus coeruleus in pain and associated stress-related disorders

I Suárez-Pereira, M Llorca-Torralba, L Bravo… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The locus coeruleus (LC)-noradrenergic system is the main source of noradrenaline in the
central nervous system and is involved intensively in modulating pain and stress-related …

Mechanisms and treatments of chronic pain after traumatic brain injury

QL Chen, V Bharadwaj, KA Irvine, JD Clark - Neurochemistry International, 2023 - Elsevier
While pain after trauma generally resolves, some trauma patients experience pain for
months to years after injury. An example, relevant to both combat and civilian settings, is …

The locus coeruleus input to the rostral ventromedial medulla mediates stress-induced colorectal visceral pain

D Kong, Y Zhang, P Gao, C Pan, H Deng, S Xu… - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2023 - Springer
Unlike physiological stress, which carries survival value, pathological stress is widespread
in modern society and acts as a main risk factor for visceral pain. As the main stress …

[HTML][HTML] Locus coeruleus-noradrenergic modulation of trigeminal pain: Implications for trigeminal neuralgia and psychiatric comorbidities

B Donertas-Ayaz, RM Caudle - Neurobiology of Pain, 2023 - Elsevier
Trigeminal neuralgia is the most common neuropathic pain involving the craniofacial region.
Due to the complex pathophysiology, it is therapeutically difficult to manage. Noradrenaline …

Brain nuclei and neural circuits in neuropathic pain and brain modulation mechanisms of acupuncture: a review on animal-based experimental research

N Su, P Cai, Z Dou, X Yin, H Xu, J He, Z Li… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Neuropathic pain (NP) is known to be associated with abnormal changes in specific brain
regions, but the complex neural network behind it is vast and complex and lacks a …

[HTML][HTML] Altered synaptic connections and inhibitory network of the primary somatosensory cortex in chronic pain

YR Kim, SJ Kim - The Korean journal of physiology & …, 2022 - synapse.koreamed.org
Chronic pain is induced by tissue or nerve damage and is accompanied by pain
hypersensitivity (ie, allodynia and hyperalgesia). Previous studies using in vivo two-photon …

Nerve injury induces transient locus coeruleus activation over time: role of the locus coeruleus–dorsal reticular nucleus pathway

C Camarena-Delgado, M Llorca-Torralba… - Pain, 2022 - journals.lww.com
The transition from acute to chronic pain results in maladaptive brain remodeling, as
characterized by sensorial hypersensitivity and the ensuing appearance of emotional …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced mechanical hypersensitivity by inhibition of the amygdala in experimental neuropathy: Sexually dimorphic contribution of spinal neurotransmitter …

H Wei, Z Chen, J Lei, HJ You, A Pertovaara - Brain Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Here we studied spinal neurotransmitter mechanisms involved in the reduction of
mechanical hypersensitivity by inhibition of the amygdaloid central nucleus (CeA) in male …

Altered expression of vesicular glutamate transporter-2 and cleaved caspase-3 in the locus coeruleus of nerve-injured rats

L Bravo, P Mariscal, M Llorca-Torralba… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neuropathic pain is a debilitating chronic condition provoked by a lesion in the nervous
system and it induces functional alterations to the noradrenergic locus coeruleus (LC) …

Noradrenergic input from nucleus of the solitary tract regulates parabrachial activity in mice

Y Ji, C Onwukwe, J Smith, H Laub, L Posa, A Keller… - eneuro, 2023 - eneuro.org
The parabrachial complex (PB) is critically involved in aversive processes, and chronic pain
is associated with amplified activity of PB neurons in rodent models of neuropathic pain …