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https://read.qxmd.com/read/26332001/opioid-receptors
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Christoph Stein
Opioids are the oldest and most potent drugs for the treatment of severe pain. Their clinical application is undisputed in acute (e.g., postoperative) and cancer pain, but their long-term use in chronic pain has met increasing scrutiny. This article reviews mechanisms underlying opioid analgesia and other opioid actions. It discusses the structure, function, and plasticity of opioid receptors; the central and peripheral sites of analgesic actions and side effects; endogenous and exogenous opioid receptor ligands; and conventional and novel opioid compounds...
2016: Annual Review of Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/16741973/neurobiology-of-pain
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M C Pace, L Mazzariello, M B Passavanti, P Sansone, M Barbarisi, C Aurilio
The neurobiology of pain had a notable interest in research focused on the study of neuronal plasticity development, nociceptors, molecular identity, signaling mechanism, ionic channels involved in the generation, modulation and propagation of action potential in all type of excitable cells. All the findings open the possibility for developing new therapeutic treatment. Nociceptive/inflammatory pain and neuropathic pain represent two different kinds of persistent chronic pain. We have reviewed the different mechanism suggested for the maintenance of pain, like descending nociceptive mechanism and their changes after tissue damage, including suppression and facilitation of defence behavior during pain...
October 2006: Journal of Cellular Physiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/25766100/interrelations-between-pain-and-alcohol-an-integrative-review
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Emily L Zale, Stephen A Maisto, Joseph W Ditre
Pain and alcohol use are both highly prevalent in the general population, and pain-alcohol interrelations are of increasing empirical interest. Previous research has identified associations between pain and alcohol dependence, and the current review provides novel contributions to this emerging domain by incorporating studies that have tested relations between pain and low-to-moderate alcohol consumption, and by identifying potential psychosocial mechanisms of action. Specifically, we sought to integrate evidence of pain-alcohol relations derived from two directions of empirical inquiry (i...
April 2015: Clinical Psychology Review
https://read.qxmd.com/read/25765319/epigenetic-mechanisms-of-chronic-pain
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Giannina Descalzi, Daigo Ikegami, Toshikazu Ushijima, Eric J Nestler, Venetia Zachariou, Minoru Narita
Neuropathic and inflammatory pain promote a large number of persisting adaptations at the cellular and molecular level, allowing even transient tissue or nerve damage to elicit changes in cells that contribute to the development of chronic pain and associated symptoms. There is evidence that injury-induced changes in chromatin structure drive stable changes in gene expression and neural function, which may cause several symptoms, including allodynia, hyperalgesia, anxiety, and depression. Recent findings on epigenetic changes in the spinal cord and brain during chronic pain may guide fundamental advances in new treatments...
April 2015: Trends in Neurosciences
https://read.qxmd.com/read/25246131/desipramine-for-neuropathic-pain-in-adults
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Leslie Hearn, R Andrew Moore, Sheena Derry, Philip J Wiffen, Tudor Phillips
BACKGROUND: Antidepressants are widely used to treat chronic neuropathic pain (pain due to nerve damage), usually in doses below those at which they exert antidepressant effects. An earlier review that included all antidepressants for neuropathic pain is being replaced by new reviews of individual drugs examining individual neuropathic pain conditions.Desipramine is a tricyclic antidepressant that is occasionally used for treating neuropathic pain. OBJECTIVES: To assess the analgesic efficacy of desipramine for chronic neuropathic pain in adults, and to assess the associated adverse events...
September 23, 2014: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
https://read.qxmd.com/read/25221436/psychological-therapies-remotely-delivered-for-the-management-of-chronic-and-recurrent-pain-in-children-and-adolescents
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Emma Fisher, Emily Law, Tonya M Palermo, Christopher Eccleston
This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To determine the effectiveness of psychological therapies delivered remotely compared to waiting-list, treatment-as-usual, or active control for the management of chronic pain in children and adolescents.
May 14, 2014: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
https://read.qxmd.com/read/23783197/acid-sensing-ion-channels-in-pain-and-disease
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John A Wemmie, Rebecca J Taugher, Collin J Kreple
Why do neurons sense extracellular acid? In large part, this question has driven increasing investigation on acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) in the CNS and the peripheral nervous system for the past two decades. Significant progress has been made in understanding the structure and function of ASICs at the molecular level. Studies aimed at clarifying their physiological importance have suggested roles for ASICs in pain, neurological and psychiatric disease. This Review highlights recent findings linking these channels to physiology and disease...
July 2013: Nature Reviews. Neuroscience
https://read.qxmd.com/read/23719569/cognitive-and-emotional-control-of-pain-and-its-disruption-in-chronic-pain
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REVIEW
M Catherine Bushnell, Marta Ceko, Lucie A Low
Chronic pain is one of the most prevalent health problems in our modern world, with millions of people debilitated by conditions such as back pain, headache and arthritis. To address this growing problem, many people are turning to mind-body therapies, including meditation, yoga and cognitive behavioural therapy. This article will review the neural mechanisms underlying the modulation of pain by cognitive and emotional states - important components of mind-body therapies. It will also examine the accumulating evidence that chronic pain itself alters brain circuitry, including that involved in endogenous pain control, suggesting that controlling pain becomes increasingly difficult as pain becomes chronic...
July 2013: Nature Reviews. Neuroscience
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