Cosmin Vasilica Pricope, Bogdan Ionel Tamba, Gabriela Dumitrita Stanciu, Magdalena Cuciureanu, Anca Narcisa Neagu, Ioana Creanga-Murariu, Bogdan-Ionut Dobrovat, Cristina Mariana Uritu, Silviu Iulian Filipiuc, Bianca-Mariana Pricope, Teodora Alexa-Stratulat
Chronic neuropathic pain (CNP) affects around 10% of the general population and has a significant social, emotional, and economic impact. Current diagnosis techniques rely mainly on patient-reported outcomes and symptoms, which leads to significant diagnostic heterogeneity and subsequent challenges in management and assessment of outcomes. As such, it is necessary to review the approach to a pathology that occurs so frequently, with such burdensome and complex implications. Recent research has shown that imaging methods can detect subtle neuroplastic changes in the central and peripheral nervous system, which can be correlated with neuropathic symptoms and may serve as potential markers...
October 27, 2022: International Journal of Molecular Sciences