Are the emergence of affective disturbances in neuropathic pain states contingent on supraspinal neuroinflammation?

NT Fiore, PJ Austin - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2016 - Elsevier
Neuro-immune interactions contribute to the pathogenesis of neuropathic pain due to
peripheral nerve injury. A large body of preclinical evidence supports the idea that the …

The neuro-immune balance in neuropathic pain: involvement of inflammatory immune cells, immune-like glial cells and cytokines

PJ Austin, G Moalem-Taylor - Journal of neuroimmunology, 2010 - Elsevier
In a large proportion of individuals nervous system damage may lead to a debilitating
chronic neuropathic pain. Such pain may now be considered a neuro-immune disorder …

Alarm or curse? The pain of neuroinflammation

CY Saab, SG Waxman, BC Hains - Brain research reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
The nociceptive nervous system and the immune system serve to defend and alarm the host
of imminent or actual damage. However, persistent or recurring exposure of neurons to …

Neuroimmune interactions in pain and stress: an interdisciplinary approach

CM Sawicki, ML Humeidan… - The neuroscientist, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Mounting evidence indicates that disruptions in bidirectional communication pathways
between the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral immune system underlie the …

Neuroimmune activation and neuroinflammation in chronic pain and opioid tolerance/hyperalgesia

JA Deleo, FY Tanga, VL Tawfik - The Neuroscientist, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
One area that has emerged as a promising therapeutic target for the treatment and
prevention of chronic pain and opioid tolerance/hyperalgesia is the modulation of the central …

An integrative approach to neuroinflammation in psychiatric disorders and neuropathic pain

DI Lurie - Journal of experimental neuroscience, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Neuroinflammation is a complex process involving both the peripheral circulation and the
Central Nervous System (CNS) and is considered to underlie many CNS disorders including …

Peripheral immune contributions to the maintenance of central glial activation underlying neuropathic pain

PM Grace, PE Rolan, MR Hutchinson - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2011 - Elsevier
Recent evidence implicates an adaptive immune response in the central nervous system
(CNS) mechanisms of neuropathic pain. This review identifies how neuropathic pain alters …

The contribution of neuro-immune crosstalk to pain in the peripheral nervous system and the spinal cord

Y Gao, C Mei, P Chen, X Chen - International Immunopharmacology, 2022 - Elsevier
Pain is an unpleasant sensation associated with injury, inflammation, and infection. It has
been demonstrated that communication between immune cells and neurons plays a vital …

Role of the immune system in neuropathic pain

M Malcangio - Scandinavian journal of pain, 2019 - degruyter.com
Background Acute pain is a warning mechanism that exists to prevent tissue damage,
however pain can outlast its protective purpose and persist beyond injury, becoming …

Beyond neurons: evidence that immune and glial cells contribute to pathological pain states

LR Watkins, SF Maier - Physiological reviews, 2002 - journals.physiology.org
Chronic pain can occur after peripheral nerve injury, infection, or inflammation. Under such
neuropathic pain conditions, sensory processing in the affected body region becomes …