Microglial P2X4R-evoked pain hypersensitivity is sexually dimorphic in rats

JCS Mapplebeck, R Dalgarno, YS Tu, O Moriarty… - Pain, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Microglia–neuron signalling in the spinal cord is a key mediator of mechanical allodynia
caused by peripheral nerve injury. We recently reported sex differences in microglia in pain …

[HTML][HTML] Estrogen alleviates neuropathic pain induced after spinal cord injury by inhibiting microglia and astrocyte activation

JY Lee, HY Choi, BG Ju, TY Yune - … Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis of Disease, 2018 - Elsevier
Neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury (SCI) is developed in about 80% of SCI patients
and there is no efficient therapeutic drug to alleviate SCI-induced neuropathic pain. Here we …

Astaxanthin attenuates neuroinflammation contributed to the neuropathic pain and motor dysfunction following compression spinal cord injury

S Fakhri, L Dargahi, F Abbaszadeh, M Jorjani - Brain research bulletin, 2018 - Elsevier
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a debilitating condition in which inflammatory responses in the
secondary phase of injury leads to long lasting sensory-motor dysfunction. The medicinal …

Adipose-derived stem cells decrease pain in a rat model of oxaliplatin-induced neuropathy: role of VEGF-A modulation

LDC Mannelli, B Tenci, L Micheli, A Vona, F Corti… - …, 2018 - Elsevier
Oxaliplatin therapy of colorectal cancer induces a dose-dependent neuropathic syndrome in
50% of patients. Pharmacological treatments may offer limited relief; scientific efforts are …

Fentanyl induces rapid onset hyperalgesic priming: type I at peripheral and type II at central nociceptor terminals

D Araldi, EV Khomula, LF Ferrari… - Journal of …, 2018 - Soc Neuroscience
Systemic fentanyl induces hyperalgesic priming, long-lasting neuroplasticity in nociceptor
function characterized by prolongation of inflammatory mediator hyperalgesia. To evaluate …

NLX-112, a highly selective 5-HT1A receptor agonist, mediates analgesia and antidepressant-like activity in rats via spinal cord and prefrontal cortex 5-HT1A …

A Newman-Tancredi, L Bardin, A Auclair, F Colpaert… - Brain Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract NLX-112 (aka F13640 or befiradol) possesses marked activity in a variety of animal
models of pain and of neuropsychiatric disorders; it exhibits nanomolar affinity, exceptional …

[HTML][HTML] Bioinformatics analysis identifies p53 as a candidate prognostic biomarker for neuropathic pain

Y Gao, N Sun, L Wang, Y Wu, L Ma, J Hong… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Neuropathic pain (NP) is a type of chronic pain that is different from the common type of
pain. The mechanisms of NP are still poorly understood. Exploring the key genes and …

[HTML][HTML] NYX-2925 is a novel N-Methyl-d-Aspartate receptor modulator that induces rapid and long-lasting analgesia in rat models of neuropathic pain

N Ghoreishi-Haack, JM Priebe, JD Aguado… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2018 - ASPET
NYX-2925 [(2S, 3R)-3-hydroxy-2-((R)-5-isobutyryl-1-oxo-2, 5-diazaspiro [3.4] octan-2-yl)
butanamide] is a novel N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor modulator that is currently …

Role of GPCR (mu-opioid)–receptor tyrosine kinase (epidermal growth factor) crosstalk in opioid-induced hyperalgesic priming (type II)

D Araldi, LF Ferrari, JD Levine - Pain, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Repeated stimulation of mu-opioid receptors (MORs), by an MOR-selective agonist DAMGO
induces type II priming, a form of nociceptor neuroplasticity, which has 2 components: opioid …

Antiallodynic effect induced by [6]‐gingerol in neuropathic rats is mediated by activation of the serotoninergic system and the nitric oxide–cyclic guanosine …

A Mata‐Bermudez, T Izquierdo… - Phytotherapy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The present study evaluated the possible antiallodynic effect induced by [6]‐gingerol in rats
with L5–L6 spinal nerve ligation (SNL). Moreover, we determined the possible mechanism …