Advances in diagnosis, classification, pathophysiology, and management of trigeminal neuralgia

L Bendtsen, JM Zakrzewska, TB Heinskou… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Trigeminal neuralgia is a very painful neurological condition with severe, stimulus-evoked,
short-lasting stabbing pain attacks in the face. The past decade has offered new insights into …

Conditioned pain modulation (the diffuse noxious inhibitory control-like effect): its relevance for acute and chronic pain states

D Yarnitsky - Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, 2010 - journals.lww.com
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[HTML][HTML] Conditioned pain modulation in populations with chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

GN Lewis, DA Rice, PJ McNair - The journal of pain, 2012 - Elsevier
A systematic literature review and meta-analysis were undertaken to determine if
conditioned pain modulation is dysfunctional in populations with chronic pain. Studies that …

Enhanced pain modulation among triathletes: a possible explanation for their exceptional capabilities

N Geva, R Defrin - Pain®, 2013 - Elsevier
Triathletes and ironman triathletes engage in an extremely intense sport that involves hours
of considerable pain, as well as physical and psychological stress, every day. The basic …

The changing face of trigeminal neuralgia—A narrative review

S Maarbjerg, R Benoliel - Headache: The Journal of Head and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This narrative review aims to update the reader on the new classification of
trigeminal neuralgia (TN), clinical signs, pathophysiologic evidence, and their implications …

Conditioned pain modulation is associated with common polymorphisms in the serotonin transporter gene

F Lindstedt, J Berrebi, E Greayer, TB Lonsdorf… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Variation in the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene (SLC6A4) has been shown
to influence a wide range of affective processes. Low 5-HTT gene-expression has also been …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of motor cortex modulation and descending inhibitory systems on pain thresholds in healthy subjects

JS Reidler, ME Mendonca, MB Santana, X Wang… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Pain modulation can be achieved using neuromodulatory tools that influence various levels
of the nervous system. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), for instance, has been …

Alterations in endogenous pain modulation in endurance athletes: an experimental study using quantitative sensory testing and the cold-pressor task

J Tesarz, A Gerhardt, K Schommer, RD Treede, W Eich - PAIN®, 2013 - Elsevier
There is evidence for long-term alterations in pain tolerance among athletes compared with
normally active controls. However, scientific data on pain thresholds in this population are …

Deficient pain modulatory systems in patients with mild traumatic brain and chronic post-traumatic headache: implications for its mechanism

R Defrin, M Riabinin, Y Feingold, S Schreiber… - Journal of …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Although the prevalence rate of chronic post-traumatic headache (CPTHA) after mild
traumatic brain injury (TBI) reaches up to 95%, its mechanism is unknown, and little is known …

Preclinical orofacial pain assays and measures and chronic primary orofacial pain research: where we are and where we need to go

S Sadighparvar, FS Al-Hamed… - Frontiers in Pain …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Chronic primary orofacial pain (OFP) conditions such as painful temporomandibular
disorders (pTMDs; ie, myofascial pain and arthralgia), idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia (TN) …