Brain circuits for pain and its treatment

N Mercer Lindsay, C Chen, G Gilam… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Pain is a multidimensional experience with sensory-discriminative, affective-motivational,
and cognitive-evaluative components. Pain aversiveness is one principal cause of suffering …

[HTML][HTML] Capsaicin: current understanding of its mechanisms and therapy of pain and other pre-clinical and clinical uses

V Fattori, MSN Hohmann, AC Rossaneis… - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
In this review, we discuss the importance of capsaicin to the current understanding of
neuronal modulation of pain and explore the mechanisms of capsaicin-induced pain. We …

Clinical endocannabinoid deficiency reconsidered: current research supports the theory in migraine, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel, and other treatment-resistant …

EB Russo - Cannabis and cannabinoid research, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Medicine continues to struggle in its approaches to numerous common subjective pain
syndromes that lack objective signs and remain treatment resistant. Foremost among these …

[HTML][HTML] TRPV1 channels are critical brain inflammation detectors and neuropathic pain biomarkers in mice

MC Marrone, A Morabito, M Giustizieri… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The capsaicin receptor TRPV1 has been widely characterized in the sensory system as a
key component of pain and inflammation. A large amount of evidence shows that TRPV1 is …

Association of inflammatory mediators with pain perception

S Ronchetti, G Migliorati, DV Delfino - Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of pain has always been a major goal in the clinic, as it is related to
several pathological conditions of inflammatory origin and surgical procedures, which are …

[HTML][HTML] Reticular formation and pain: the past and the future

I Martins, I Tavares - Frontiers in neuroanatomy, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The involvement of the reticular formation (RF) in the transmission and modulation of
nociceptive information has been extensively studied. The brainstem RF contains several …

Properties of capsaicin and its utility in veterinary and human medicine

Ł Adaszek, D Gadomska, Ł Mazurek, P Łyp… - Research in Veterinary …, 2019 - Elsevier
The main aim of this paper was to show the variety of capsaicin's properties. Capsaicin is an
active component of plants of the Capsicum genus, and is known for its pungency …

Isorhamnetin exerts neuroprotective effects in STZ-induced diabetic rats via attenuation of oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis

N Jamali-Raeufy, T Baluchnejadmojarad… - Journal of Chemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective Isorhamnetin, a derivative of quercetin, exerts antioxidant and anti-inflammatory
effects in different diseases, and we examined its protective effects against diabetes-related …

Cannabinoids in the descending pain modulatory circuit: Role in inflammation

CA Bouchet, SL Ingram - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
The legalization of cannabis in some states has intensified interest in the potential for
cannabis and its constituents to lead to novel therapeutics for pain. Our understanding of the …

[HTML][HTML] Bulbospinal nociceptive ON and OFF cells related neural circuits and transmitters

B Peng, Y Jiao, Y Zhang, S Li, S Chen, S Xu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM) is a bulbospinal nuclei in the descending pain
modulation system, and directly affects spinal nociceptive transmission through …