MAP kinase and pain

RR Ji, RW Gereau IV, M Malcangio, GR Strichartz - Brain research reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are important for intracellular signal transduction
and play critical roles in regulating neural plasticity and inflammatory responses. The MAPK …

MAPK activation in nociceptive neurons and pain hypersensitivity

K Obata, K Noguchi - Life sciences, 2004 - Elsevier
Extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) is a mitogen-activated protein kinase
(MAPK) that mediates intracellular signal transduction in response to a variety of stimuli …

Chloride regulation in the pain pathway

TJ Price, F Cervero, MS Gold, DL Hammond… - Brain research …, 2009 - Elsevier
Melzack and Wall's Gate Control Theory of Pain laid the theoretical groundwork for a role of
spinal inhibition in endogenous pain control. While the Gate Control Theory was based on …

Luminal hydrogen sulfide plays a pronociceptive role in mouse colon

M Matsunami, T Tarui, K Mitani, K Nagasawa… - Gut, 2009 - gut.bmj.com
Objective: Given recent evidence that hydrogen sulfide (H2S), a gasotransmitter, promotes
somatic pain through redox modulation of T-type Ca2+ channels, the roles of colonic luminal …

Optogenetic silencing of nociceptive primary afferents reduces evoked and ongoing bladder pain

VK Samineni, AD Mickle, J Yoon, JG Grajales-Reyes… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Patients with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) suffer from chronic pain that
severely affects quality of life. Although the underlying pathophysiology is not well …

Drug management of visceral pain: concepts from basic research

MP Davis - Pain research and treatment, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Visceral pain is experienced by 40% of the population, and 28% of cancer patients suffer
from pain arising from intra‐abdominal metastasis or from treatment. Neuroanatomy of …

In vivo recruitment by painful stimuli of AMPA receptor subunits to the plasma membrane of spinal cord neurons

A Galan, JMA Laird, F Cervero - Pain, 2004 - journals.lww.com
The persistent increase in pain sensitivity observed after injury, known as hyperalgesia,
depends on synaptic plasticity in the pain pathway, particularly in the spinal cord. Several …

Understanding the signaling and transmission of visceral nociceptive events

F Cervero, JMA Laird - Journal of neurobiology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Visceral pain can be considered as part of the defense reactions of the body against harmful
stimuli, particularly of those that im**e on the mucosal lining of hollow organs. It is a …

Activation of ERK/CREB pathway in spinal cord contributes to chronic constrictive injury‐induced neuropathic pain in rats1

X SONG, J CAO, Y XU, J HE… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Aim: To investigate whether activation and translocation of extracellular signal‐regulated
kinase (ERK) is involved in the induction and maintenance of neuropathic pain, and effects …

Neurotrophins in bladder function: what do we know and where do we go from here?

CD Cruz - Neurourology and urodynamics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aims Neurotrophins (NTs) have attracted considerable attention in the urologic
community. The reason for this resides in the recognition of their ability to induce plastic …