When pain gets stuck: the evolution of pain chronification and treatment resistance

D Borsook, AM Youssef, L Simons, I Elman… - Pain, 2018 - journals.lww.com
It is well-recognized that, despite similar pain characteristics, some people with chronic pain
recover, whereas others do not. In this review, we discuss possible contributions and …

Endogenous opioid systems alterations in pain and opioid use disorder

JA Higginbotham, T Markovic, N Massaly… - Frontiers in systems …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Decades of research advances have established a central role for endogenous opioid
systems in regulating reward processing, mood, motivation, learning and memory …

A nerve injury–specific long noncoding RNA promotes neuropathic pain by increasing Ccl2 expression

S Du, S Wu, X Feng, B Wang, S Xia… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Maladaptive changes of nerve injury–associated genes in dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) are
critical for neuropathic pain genesis. Emerging evidence supports the role of long noncoding …

DNA methyltransferase DNMT3a contributes to neuropathic pain by repressing Kcna2 in primary afferent neurons

JY Zhao, L Liang, X Gu, Z Li, S Wu, L Sun… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Nerve injury induces changes in gene transcription in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons,
which may contribute to nerve injury-induced neuropathic pain. DNA methylation represses …

N6‐Methyladenosine Demethylase FTO Contributes to Neuropathic Pain by Stabilizing G9a Expression in Primary Sensory Neurons

Y Li, X Guo, L Sun, J Xiao, S Su, S Du, Z Li… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nerve injury‐induced change in gene expression in primary sensory neurons of dorsal root
ganglion (DRG) is critical for neuropathic pain genesis. N6‐methyladenosine (m6A) …

Could epigenetics help explain racial disparities in chronic pain?

EN Aroke, PV Joseph, A Roy, DS Overstreet… - Journal of pain …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
African Americans disproportionately suffer more severe and debilitating morbidity from
chronic pain than do non-Hispanic Whites. These differences may arise from differential …

Downregulation of a dorsal root ganglion‐specifically enriched long noncoding RNA is required for neuropathic pain by negatively regulating RALY‐triggered Ehmt2 …

Z Pan, S Du, K Wang, X Guo, Q Mao, X Feng… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nerve injury‐induced maladaptive changes of gene expression in dorsal root ganglion
(DRG) neurons contribute to neuropathic pain. Long non‐coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic pain-induced depression: a review of prevalence and management

RT Meda, SP Nuguru, S Rachakonda, S Sripathi… - Cureus, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chronic pain is ongoing pain that has persisted beyond standard tissue healing time along
with comorbidities such as depression. This article discusses studies that have shown the …

Chronic pain after traumatic brain injury: pathophysiology and pain mechanisms

KA Irvine, JD Clark - Pain medicine, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Traumatic brain injury refers to a broad range of neurological, cognitive, and
emotional factors that result from the application of an external force to the head. Individuals …

The downregulation of opioid receptors and neuropathic pain

L Li, J Chen, YQ Li - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Neuropathic pain (NP) refers to pain caused by primary or secondary damage or dysfunction
of the peripheral or central nervous system, which seriously affects the physical and mental …