Neuropathic pain: central vs. peripheral mechanisms

K Meacham, A Shepherd, DP Mohapatra… - Current pain and …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Our goal is to examine the processes—both central and
peripheral—that underlie the development of peripherally-induced neuropathic pain (pNP) …

Breaking barriers to novel analgesic drug development

AS Yekkirala, DP Roberson, BP Bean… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2017 - nature.com
Acute and chronic pain complaints, although common, are generally poorly served by
existing therapies. This unmet clinical need reflects a failure to develop novel classes of …

[HTML][HTML] K+ Channels in Primary Afferents and Their Role in Nerve Injury-Induced Pain

PA Smith - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Sensory abnormalities generated by nerve injury, peripheral neuropathy or disease are
often expressed as neuropathic pain. This type of pain is frequently resistant to therapeutic …

Neuronal plasticity of trigeminal ganglia in mice following nerve injury

R Lynds, C Lyu, GW Lyu, XQ Shi, A Rosén… - Journal of pain …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background Nerve injury may induce neuropathic pain. In studying the mechanisms of
orofacial neuropathic pain, attention has been paid to the plastic changes that occur in the …

[HTML][HTML] Mu-opioid receptor agonist induces Kir3 currents in mouse peripheral sensory neurons–effects of nerve injury

P Stötzner, V Spahn, MÖ Celik, D Labuz… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Neuropathic pain often arises from damage to peripheral nerves and is difficult to treat.
Activation of opioid receptors in peripheral sensory neurons is devoid of respiratory …

Beneficial effects of galanin system on diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain and its complications

M Yu, P Fang, H Wang, G Shen, Z Zhang, Z Tang - Peptides, 2020 - Elsevier
Diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain (DPNP) is a distal spontaneous pain, caused by lesion
of sensory neurons and accompanied by depression and anxiety frequently, which reduce …

Analgesic α‐conotoxins modulate native and recombinant GIRK1/2 channels via activation of GABAB receptors and reduce neuroexcitability

AR Bony, JR McArthur… - British Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose Activation of GIRK channels via G protein‐coupled GABAB
receptors has been shown to attenuate nociceptive transmission. The analgesic α‐conotoxin …

Enhanced postsynaptic GABAB receptor signaling in adult spinal projection neurons after neonatal injury

CL Brewer, ML Baccei - Neuroscience, 2018 - Elsevier
Clinical and basic science research have revealed persistent effects of early-life injury on
nociceptive processing and resulting pain sensitivity. While recent work has identified clear …

Discovery, synthesis and characterization of a series of (1-alkyl-3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)-2-(5-aryl-2H-tetrazol-2-yl) acetamides as novel GIRK1/2 potassium channel …

S Sharma, KA Kozek, KK Abney, S Kumar… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study describes the discovery and characterization of a series of 5-aryl-2H-
tetrazol-3-ylacetamides as G protein-gated inwardly-rectifying potassium (GIRK) channels …

[HTML][HTML] Expression and regulation of FRMD6 in mouse DRG neurons and spinal cord after nerve injury

C Lyu, GW Lyu, J Mulder, M Uhlén, XH Cai, T Hökfelt… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
FRMD6, a member of the group of FERM-domain proteins, is involved both in
communication between cells, interactions with extracellular matrix, cellular apoptotic and …