Pain-resolving immune mechanisms in neuropathic pain

NT Fiore, SR Debs, JP Hayes, SS Duffy… - Nature Reviews …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Interactions between the immune and nervous systems are of central importance in
neuropathic pain, a common and debilitating form of chronic pain caused by a lesion or …

Central sensitisation in chronic pain conditions: latest discoveries and their potential for precision medicine

J Nijs, SZ George, DJ Clauw… - The Lancet …, 2021‏ - thelancet.com
Chronic pain is a leading cause of disability globally and associated with enormous health-
care costs. The discrepancy between the extent of tissue damage and the magnitude of …

[HTML][HTML] The anatomy of pain and suffering in the brain and its clinical implications

D De Ridder, D Adhia, S Vanneste - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential
tissue damage. Chronic pain, with a prevalence of 20–30% is the major cause of human …

Discovery and validation of biomarkers to aid the development of safe and effective pain therapeutics: challenges and opportunities

KD Davis, N Aghaeepour, AH Ahn, MS Angst… - Nature Reviews …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Pain medication plays an important role in the treatment of acute and chronic pain
conditions, but some drugs, opioids in particular, have been overprescribed or prescribed …

Neuroinflammation and central sensitization in chronic and widespread pain

RR Ji, A Nackley, Y Huh, N Terrando… - …, 2018‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chronic pain is maintained in part by central sensitization, a phenomenon of synaptic
plasticity and increased neuronal responsiveness in central pain pathways after painful …

Astrocytes in chronic pain and itch

RR Ji, CR Donnelly, M Nedergaard - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2019‏ - nature.com
Astrocytes are critical for maintaining the homeostasis of the CNS. Increasing evidence
suggests that a number of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, including chronic …

Microglia in pain: detrimental and protective roles in pathogenesis and resolution of pain

G Chen, YQ Zhang, YJ Qadri, CN Serhan, RR Ji - Neuron, 2018‏ - cell.com
The previous decade has seen a rapid increase in microglial studies on pain, with a unique
focus on microgliosis in the spinal cord after nerve injury and neuropathic pain. Numerous …

Migraine and neuroinflammation: the inflammasome perspective

O Kursun, M Yemisci… - The journal of headache …, 2021‏ - Springer
Background Neuroinflammation has an important role in the pathophysiology of migraine,
which is a complex neuro-glio-vascular disorder. The main aim of this review is to highlight …

Roles of inflammation, neurogenic inflammation, and neuroinflammation in pain

M Matsuda, Y Huh, RR Ji - Journal of anesthesia, 2019‏ - Springer
Inflammation is the body's response to injury and infection, involving a complex biological
response of the somatosensory, immune, autonomic, and vascular systems. Inflammatory …

Microglia in neuropathic pain: cellular and molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential

K Inoue, M Tsuda - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2018‏ - nature.com
Acute nociceptive pain is a key defence system that enables the detection of danger signals
that threaten homeostasis and survival. However, chronic pain (such as the neuropathic …