Spinal cord stimulation: clinical efficacy and potential mechanisms

AD Sdrulla, Y Guan, SN Raja - Pain Practice, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a minimally invasive therapy used for the treatment of
chronic neuropathic pain. SCS is a safe and effective alternative to medications such as …

CB1 cannabinoid receptor signaling and biased signaling

LM Leo, ME Abood - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The CB1 cannabinoid receptor is a G-protein coupled receptor highly expressed throughout
the central nervous system that is a promising target for the treatment of various disorders …

Astrocytes contribute to pain gating in the spinal cord

Q Xu, NC Ford, S He, Q Huang, M Anderson… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Various pain therapies have been developed on the basis of the gate control theory of pain,
which postulates that nonpainful sensory inputs mediated by large-diameter afferent fibers …

Human spinal organoid-on-a-chip to model nociceptive circuitry for pain therapeutics discovery

Z Ao, H Cai, Z Wu, J Krzesniak, C Tian, YY Lai… - Analytical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The discovery of new pain therapeutics targeting human nociceptive circuitry is an
emerging, exciting, and rewarding field. However, current models for evaluating prospective …

Spinal cord stimulation for treating chronic pain: reviewing preclinical and clinical data on paresthesia-free high-frequency therapy

K Chakravarthy, H Richter, PJ Christo… - … : Technology at the …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Traditional spinal cord stimulation (SCS) requires that paresthesia overlaps
chronic painful areas. However, the new paradigm high-frequency SCS (HF-SCS) does not …

[HTML][HTML] Cannabinoid therapeutics in chronic neuropathic pain: from animal research to human treatment

RMP Campos, AFL Aguiar, Y Paes-Colli… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Despite the importance of pain as a warning physiological system, chronic neuropathic pain
is frequently caused by damage in the nervous system, followed by persistence over a long …

Absence of paresthesia during high-rate spinal cord stimulation reveals importance of synchrony for sensations evoked by electrical stimulation

B Sagalajev, T Zhang, N Abdollahi, N Yousefpour… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Electrically activating mechanoreceptive afferents inhibits pain. However, paresthesia
evoked by spinal cord stimulation (SCS) at 40–60 Hz becomes uncomfortable at high pulse …

[HTML][HTML] Tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol medicines for chronic pain and mental health conditions

JD Henson, L Vitetta, S Hall - Inflammopharmacology, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Combination tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)/cannabidiol (CBD) medicines or CBD-
only medicines are prospective treatments for chronic pain, stress, anxiety, depression, and …

[HTML][HTML] Spinal cord stimulation and treatment of peripheral or central neuropathic pain: mechanisms and clinical application

L Sun, C Peng, E Joosten, CW Cheung, F Tan… - Neural …, 2021 - hindawi.com
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) as an evidence-based interventional treatment has been used
and approved for clinical use in a variety of pathological states including peripheral …

Peripherally induced reconditioning of the central nervous system: a proposed mechanistic theory for sustained relief of chronic pain with percutaneous peripheral …

TR Deer, S Eldabe, SM Falowski… - Journal of Pain …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) is an effective tool for the treatment of chronic pain,
although its efficacy and utilization have previously been significantly limited by technology …