Sleep disturbances in chronic pain: neurobiology, assessment, and treatment in physical therapist practice

J Nijs, O Mairesse, D Neu, L Leysen… - Physical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Among people with chronic pain, insomnia is highly prevalent, closely related to the
mechanism of central sensitization, characterized by low-grade neuroinflammation, and …

Melatonin receptors: distribution in mammalian brain and their respective putative functions

KY Ng, MK Leong, H Liang, G Paxinos - Brain Structure and Function, 2017 - Springer
Melatonin, through its different receptors, has pleiotropic functions in mammalian brain.
Melatonin is secreted mainly by the pineal gland and exerts its effects via receptor-mediated …

[HTML][HTML] Differential function of melatonin MT1 and MT2 receptors in REM and NREM sleep

G Gobbi, S Comai - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The pathophysiological function of the G-protein coupled melatonin MT 1 and MT 2
receptors has not yet been well-clarified. Recent advancements using selective MT 1/MT 2 …

Anatomical and cellular localization of melatonin MT1 and MT2 receptors in the adult rat brain

B Lacoste, D Angeloni… - Journal of pineal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The involvement of melatonin in mammalian brain pathophysiology has received growing
interest, but information about the anatomical distribution of its two G‐protein‐coupled …

[HTML][HTML] Melatonin: new insights on its therapeutic properties in diabetic complications

MH Pourhanifeh, A Hosseinzadeh… - Diabetology & metabolic …, 2020 - Springer
Diabetes and diabetic complications are considered as leading causes of both morbidity
and mortality in the world. Unfortunately, routine medical treatments used for affected …

Sleep disturbances and severe stress as glial activators: key targets for treating central sensitization in chronic pain patients?

J Nijs, ML Loggia, A Polli, M Moens… - Expert opinion on …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The mechanism of sensitization of the central nervous system partly explains
the chronic pain experience in many patients, but the etiological mechanisms of this central …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in understanding and managing cancer pain

M Chwistek - F1000Research, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer pain remains a significant clinical problem worldwide. Causes of cancer pain are
multifactorial and complex and are likely to vary with an array of tumor-related and host …

[HTML][HTML] Melatonin in chronic pain syndromes

A Danilov, J Kurganova - Pain and therapy, 2016 - Springer
Melatonin is a neurohormone secreted by epiphysis and extrapineal structures. It performs
several functions including chronobiotic, antioxidant, oncostatic, immune modulating …

Role of melatonin in the regulation of pain

S Xie, W Fan, H He, F Huang - Journal of pain research, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Melatonin is a pleiotropic hormone synthesized and secreted mainly by the pineal gland in
vertebrates. Melatonin is an endogenous regulator of circadian and seasonal rhythms …

[HTML][HTML] Melatonin in endometriosis: mechanistic understanding and clinical insight

Y Li, SW Hung, R Zhang, GCW Man, T Zhang… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Endometriosis is defined as the development of endometrial glands and stroma outside the
uterine cavity. Pathophysiology of this disease includes abnormal hormone profiles, cell …