Glutamatergic systems in neuropathic pain and emerging non-opioid therapies

R Temmermand, JE Barrett, ACK Fontana - Pharmacological research, 2022 - Elsevier
Neuropathic pain, a disease of the somatosensory nervous system, afflicts many individuals
and adequate management with current pharmacotherapies remains elusive. The …

Mesenchymal stem cells and extracellular vesicles for the treatment of pain: Current status and perspectives

M Bryk, E Karnas, J Mlost… - British Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) are multipotent progenitor cells of mesodermal
origin. Due to their capacity for self‐renewal and differentiation into several cell types, MSCs …

Discrepancy in the usage of GFAP as a marker of satellite glial cell reactivity

KM Mohr, LT Pallesen, M Richner, CB Vaegter - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Satellite glial cells (SGCs) surrounding the neuronal somas in peripheral sensory ganglia
are sensitive to neuronal stressors, which induce their reactive state. It is believed that such …

Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Receptor Type D Regulates Neuropathic Pain After Nerve Injury via the STING-IFN-I Pathway

C Sun, G Wu, Z Zhang, R Cao, S Cui - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neuropathic pain is usually caused by injury or dysfunction of the somatosensory system,
and medicine is a common way of treatment. Currently, there are still no satisfactory drugs …

[HTML][HTML] Myelin barrier breakdown, mechanical hypersensitivity, and painfulness in polyneuropathy with claudin-12 deficiency

JTC Chen, X Hu, IUC Otto, C Schürger… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The blood-nerve and myelin barrier shield peripheral neurons and their axons.
These barriers are sealed by tight junction proteins, which control the passage of potentially …

Increased burst coding in deep layers of the ventral anterior cingulate cortex during neuropathic pain

F Kasanetz, T Nevian - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Neuropathic pain induces changes in neuronal excitability and synaptic connectivity in deep
layers of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) that play a central role in the sensory, emotional …

Neuropathic pain: spotlighting anatomy, experimental models, mechanisms, and therapeutic aspects

S Kankowski, C Grothe… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The International Association for the Study of Pain defines neuropathic pain as
“pain arising as a direct consequence of a lesion or disease affecting the somatosensory …

Sex‐specific cannabinoid 1 receptors on GABAergic neurons in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray mediate analgesia in mice

Z Jiang, Q Wang, J Zhao, J Wang, Y Li… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sex differences in analgesic effects have gradually attracted public attention in preclinical
and clinical studies. Both human and animal females are more sensitive to cannabinoid …

Zerumbone modulates α2A-adrenergic, TRPV1, and NMDA NR2B receptors plasticity in CCI-induced neuropathic pain in vivo and LPS-induced SH-SY5Y …

JSM Chia, NAM Izham, AAO Farouk… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Zerumbone has shown great potential in various pathophysiological models of diseases,
particularly in neuropathic pain conditions. Further understanding the mechanisms of action …

Zerumbone-induced analgesia modulated via potassium channels and opioid receptors in chronic constriction injury-induced neuropathic pain

B Gopalsamy, JSM Chia, AAO Farouk, MR Sulaiman… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Zerumbone, a monocyclic sesquiterpene from the wild ginger plant Zingiber zerumbet (L.)
Smith, attenuates allodynia and hyperalgesia. Currently, its mechanisms of action in …