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Einhorn LM, Hudon J, Ingelmo P. The Pharmacological Treatment of Neuropathic Pain in Children. Curr Neuropharmacol 2024; 22:38-52. [PMID: 37539933 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x21666230804110858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023] Open
Abstract
The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines neuropathic pain as pain caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system. It is characterized as a clinical condition in which diagnostic studies reveal an underlying cause of an abnormality in the peripheral or central nervous system. Many common causes of neuropathic pain in adults are rare in children. The purpose of this focused narrative review is, to 1) provide an overview of neuropathic pain in children, 2) highlight unique considerations related to the diagnosis and mechanisms of neuropathic pain in children, and 3) perform a comprehensive analysis of the pharmacological treatments available. We emphasize that data for routine use of pharmacological agents in children with neuropathic pain are largely inferred from adult literature with little research performed on pediatric populations, yet have clear evidence of harms to pediatric patients. Based on these findings, we propose risk mitigation strategies such as utilizing topical treatments whenever possible, assessing pain phenotyping to guide drug class choice, and considering pharmaceuticals in the broader context of the multidisciplinary treatment of pediatric pain. Furthermore, we highlight important directions for future research on pediatric neuropathic pain treatment.
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- Lisa M Einhorn
- Department of Anesthesiology, Pediatric Division, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States
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- Division of Secondary Care, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Qc, Canada
- Palliative Care Division, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Qc, Canada
- Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Qc, Canada
- Alan Edwards Centre for Pain Research, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Edwards Family Interdisciplinary Centre for Complex Pain, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
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- Alan Edwards Centre for Pain Research, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Edwards Family Interdisciplinary Centre for Complex Pain, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Nanavaty N, Walsh KT, Boring BL, Ganesan A, Carter-Sowell AR, Mathur VA. Acute Ostracism-Related Pain Sensitization in the Context of Accumulated Lifetime Experiences of Ostracism. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2023; 24:1229-1239. [PMID: 36842734 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2023.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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Ostracism (ie, being ignored/excluded) is a form of social adversity that powerfully impacts health and well-being. While laboratory research indicates that experimentally manipulated experiences of ostracism impact pain, findings have been mixed. Prior investigations have not considered moderating or main effects of individual histories of ostracism, and have been limited in the scope of their pain testing. In this study, participants without current pain reported lifetime experiences of ostracism prior to a laboratory visit where they were randomized to experience either a single episode of ostracism (ie, acute ostracism) or control condition that was immediately followed by quantitative sensory testing. Results indicate that the experimental effect of a single episode of ostracism on pain ratings, after-sensations, and temporal summation of pain is moderated by lifetime ostracism; no main effects were found. For individuals with histories of more lifetime ostracism, encountering a single episode of ostracism led to greater pain sensitization relative to the control condition, whereas no experimental effect was observed for individuals with little lifetime exposure to ostracism. These findings indicate that acute experiences of ostracism may be accompanied by periods of hyperalgesia for people who are chronically ostracized, implicating ostracism as a potential social moderator of pain sensitization. People who are stigmatized may therefore experience enhanced pain burden with repeated and accumulating experiences of ostracism. PERSPECTIVE: Results suggest that in the context of accumulated lifetime experiences of ostracism, single experiences of ostracism evoke central sensitization. In this way, ostracism may function to trigger central sensitization and shape socially- and societally-determined patterns of pain burden and disparity.
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- N Nanavaty
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; Diversity Science Research Cluster, College Station, Texas
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; Diversity Science Research Cluster, College Station, Texas; Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience, College Station, Texas.
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Macionis V. Chronic pain and local pain in usually painless conditions including neuroma may be due to compressive proximal neural lesion. FRONTIERS IN PAIN RESEARCH 2023; 4:1037376. [PMID: 36890855 PMCID: PMC9986610 DOI: 10.3389/fpain.2023.1037376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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It has been unexplained why chronic pain does not invariably accompany chronic pain-prone disorders. This question-driven, hypothesis-based article suggests that the reason may be varying occurrence of concomitant peripheral compressive proximal neural lesion (cPNL), e.g., radiculopathy and entrapment plexopathies. Transition of acute to chronic pain may involve development or aggravation of cPNL. Nociceptive hypersensitivity induced and/or maintained by cPNL may be responsible for all types of general chronic pain as well as for pain in isolated tissue conditions that are usually painless, e.g., neuroma, scar, and Dupuytren's fibromatosis. Compressive PNL induces focal neuroinflammation, which can maintain dorsal root ganglion neuron (DRGn) hyperexcitability (i.e., peripheral sensitization) and thus fuel central sensitization (i.e., hyperexcitability of central nociceptive pathways) and a vicious cycle of chronic pain. DRGn hyperexcitability and cPNL may reciprocally maintain each other, because cPNL can result from reflexive myospasm-induced myofascial tension, muscle weakness, and consequent muscle imbalance- and/or pain-provoked compensatory overuse. Because of pain and motor fiber damage, cPNL can worsen the causative musculoskeletal dysfunction, which further accounts for the reciprocity between the latter two factors. Sensitization increases nerve vulnerability and thus catalyzes this cycle. Because of these mechanisms and relatively greater number of neurons involved, cPNL is more likely to maintain DRGn hyperexcitability in comparison to distal neural and non-neural lesions. Compressive PNL is associated with restricted neural mobility. Intermittent (dynamic) nature of cPNL may be essential in chronic pain, because healed (i.e., fibrotic) lesions are physiologically silent and, consequently, cannot provide nociceptive input. Not all patients may be equally susceptible to develop cPNL, because occurrence of cPNL may vary as vary patients' predisposition to musculoskeletal impairment. Sensitization is accompanied by pressure pain threshold decrease and consequent mechanical allodynia and hyperalgesia, which can cause unusual local pain via natural pressure exerted by space occupying lesions or by their examination. Worsening of local pain is similarly explainable. Neuroma pain may be due to cPNL-induced axonal mechanical sensitivity and hypersensitivity of the nociceptive nervi nervorum of the nerve trunk and its stump. Intermittence and symptomatic complexity of cPNL may be the cause of frequent misdiagnosis of chronic pain.
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Karpin H, Vatine JJ, Bachar Kirshenboim Y, Markezana A, Weissman-Fogel I. Central Sensitization and Psychological State Distinguishing Complex Regional Pain Syndrome from Other Chronic Limb Pain Conditions: A Cluster Analysis Model. Biomedicines 2022; 11:biomedicines11010089. [PMID: 36672597 PMCID: PMC9856064 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11010089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Revised: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) taxonomy has been updated with reported subtypes and is defined as primary pain alongside other chronic limb pain (CLP) conditions. We aimed at identifying CRPS clinical phenotypes that distinguish CRPS from other CLP conditions. Cluster analysis was carried out to classify 61 chronic CRPS and 31 CLP patients based on evoked pain (intensity of hyperalgesia and dynamic allodynia, allodynia area, and after-sensation) and psychological (depression, kinesiophobia, mental distress, and depersonalization) measures. Pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-6 and TNF-α serum levels were measured. Three cluster groups were created: ‘CRPS’ (78.7% CRPS; 6.5% CLP); ‘CLP’ (64.5% CLP; 4.9% CRPS), and ‘Mixed’ (16.4% CRPS; 29% CLP). The groups differed in all measures, predominantly in allodynia and hyperalgesia (p < 0.001, η² > 0.58). ‘CRPS’ demonstrated higher psychological and evoked pain measures vs. ‘CLP’. ‘Mixed’ exhibited similarities to ‘CRPS’ in psychological profile and to ‘CLP’ in evoked pain measures. The serum level of TNF-αwas higher in the ‘CRPS’ vs. ‘CLP’ (p < 0.001) groups. In conclusion, pain hypersensitivity reflecting nociplastic pain mechanisms and psychological state measures created different clinical phenotypes of CRPS and possible CRPS subtypes, which distinguishes them from other CLP conditions, with the pro-inflammatory TNF-α cytokine as an additional potential biomarker.
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- Hana Karpin
- Physical Therapy Department, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel
- Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital, Tel Aviv 6772829, Israel
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- Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital, Tel Aviv 6772829, Israel
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital, Tel Aviv 6772829, Israel
- Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Goldyne Savad Institute of Gene Therapy, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Physical Therapy Department, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel
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Santiago V, Janal MN, Cook DB, Raphael KG. Temporal Summation and Aftersensations of Second Pain in Women with Myofascial Temporomandibular Disorder Differ by Presence of Temporomandibular Joint Pain. J Pain Res 2022; 15:3275-3286. [PMID: 36284523 PMCID: PMC9588293 DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s381640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Purpose Mechanisms underlying myofascial temporomandibular disorder (mTMD) are poorly understood. One theory is dysfunction in the central mediation of pain, specifically in enhanced facilitatory pain modulation. Because mechanisms leading to central sensitization may differ for joint and muscle pain, this study of mTMD addressed phenotypic heterogeneity by temporomandibular (TM) joint pain in the examination of quantitative sensory testing (QST). Patients and Methods The stimulus dependent increase in second pain (temporal summation (TS)) and associated aftersensations (AS) were examined across groups of women with mTMD with TM joint pain and without, and a demographically matched control group. Results TS was slightly more evident in mTMD without joint pain vs with (p = 0.035), but AS were most robustly persistent in the group with joint pain vs without (p < 0.002). Conclusion While both subgroups demonstrated evidence of central sensitization relative to controls on one of two measures, differences in QST results, if replicated, may point to possible differences in the mechanisms that yield central sensitization. Alternatively, it may represent methodological artifacts that need to be addressed. Therefore, greater consideration should be given to symptom-based phenotypes in studies examining TS and AS.
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- Vivian Santiago
- Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Radiology & Medicine, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, USA,Correspondence: Vivian Santiago, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Radiology & Medicine, New York University College of Dentistry, 137th East 25th Street, Rm 731, New York, NY, 10010, USA, Tel +1 212 998-9419, Email
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, USA
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- Research Service, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, USA,Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Radiology & Medicine, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, USA
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Berwick RJ, Andersson DA, Goebel A, Marshall A. After-Sensations and Lingering Pain following Examination in Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome. PAIN MEDICINE 2022; 23:1928-1938. [PMID: 35652761 DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnac089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic widespread pain condition with mixed peripheral and central contributions. Patients display hypersensitivities to a spectrum of stimuli. Patients' blunt pressure pain thresholds are typically reduced, and sometimes (∼15%) gentle brushstroke induces allodynia. However, after-sensations following these stimuli have not, to our knowledge, been reported. We examined the perception of blunt pressure and 'pleasant touch' in FMS. Patients were first interviewed and completed standard psychometric questionnaires. We then measured their sensitivity to blunt pressure and perception of pleasant touch including after-sensations; patients were followed for five days evaluating lingering pain from blunt pressure. We recruited 51 FMS patients and 16 pain-free controls (HC) at a UK Pain Management Centre. Forty-four patients completed the after-sensation protocol. Most patients reported pain after application of less mechanical pressure than HCs; median arm and leg thresholds were 167 kPa and 233 kPa. Eighty-four percent (31/37) of patients reported ongoing pain at the site of pressure application one day after testing, and 49% (18/37) still perceived pain at five days. After-sensations following brushstroke were common in the FMS group, reported by 77% (34/44) compared to 25% (4/16) of HCs; 34% (15/44) patients, but no HCs, perceived these after-sensations as uncomfortable. For FMS patients who experienced after-sensations, brushstroke-pleasantness ratings were reduced, and skin was often an important site of pain. Pain after blunt pressure assessment typically lingers for several days. After-sensations following brushstroke stimulation is a previously unreported FMS phenomenon. They are associated with tactile anhedonia and may identify a clinically distinct subgroup.
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- Richard J Berwick
- Pain Research Institute, University of Liverpool, UK.,Walton Centre, Longmore Lane, Liverpool, UK
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- Pain Research Institute, University of Liverpool, UK.,Walton Centre, Longmore Lane, Liverpool, UK
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- Pain Research Institute, University of Liverpool, UK.,Walton Centre, Longmore Lane, Liverpool, UK
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Roza C, Bernal L. Electrophysiological characterization of ectopic spontaneous discharge in axotomized and intact fibers upon nerve transection: a role in spontaneous pain? Pflugers Arch 2022; 474:387-396. [PMID: 35088129 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-021-02655-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Many patients experience positive symptoms after traumatic nerve injury. Despite the increasing number of experimental studies in models of peripheral neuropathy and the knowledge acquired, most of these patients lack an effective treatment for their chronic pain. One possible explanation might be that most of the preclinical studies focused on the development of mechanical or thermal allodynia/hyperalgesia, neglecting that most of the patients with peripheral neuropathies complain mostly about spontaneous forms of pains. Here, we summarize the aberrant electrophysiological behavior of peripheral nerve fibers recorded in experimental models, the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms, and their relationship with the symptoms reported by patients. Upon nerve section, axotomized but also intact fibers develop ectopic spontaneous activity. Most interestingly, a proportion of axotomized fibers might present receptive fields in the skin far beyond the site of damage, indicative of a functional cross talk between neuromatose and intact fibers. All these features can be linked with some of the symptoms that neuropathic patients experience. Furthermore, we spotlight the consequence of primary afferents with different patterns of spontaneous discharge on the neural code and its relationship with chronic pain states. With this article, readers will be able to understand the pathophysiological mechanisms that might underlie some of the symptoms that experience neuropathic patients, with a special focus on spontaneous pain.
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- Carolina Roza
- Dpto. Biología de Sistemas, Edificio de Medicina Universidad de Alcalá, 28871, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
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Quesada C, Kostenko A, Ho I, Leone C, Nochi Z, Stouffs A, Wittayer M, Caspani O, Brix Finnerup N, Mouraux A, Pickering G, Tracey I, Truini A, Treede RD, Garcia-Larrea L. Human surrogate models of central sensitization: A critical review and practical guide. Eur J Pain 2021; 25:1389-1428. [PMID: 33759294 PMCID: PMC8360051 DOI: 10.1002/ejp.1768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Revised: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Background As in other fields of medicine, development of new medications for management of neuropathic pain has been difficult since preclinical rodent models do not necessarily translate to the clinics. Aside from ongoing pain with burning or shock‐like qualities, neuropathic pain is often characterized by pain hypersensitivity (hyperalgesia and allodynia), most often towards mechanical stimuli, reflecting sensitization of neural transmission. Data treatment We therefore performed a systematic literature review (PubMed‐Medline, Cochrane, WoS, ClinicalTrials) and semi‐quantitative meta‐analysis of human pain models that aim to induce central sensitization, and generate hyperalgesia surrounding a real or simulated injury. Results From an initial set of 1569 reports, we identified and analysed 269 studies using more than a dozen human models of sensitization. Five of these models (intradermal or topical capsaicin, low‐ or high‐frequency electrical stimulation, thermode‐induced heat‐injury) were found to reliably induce secondary hyperalgesia to pinprick and have been implemented in multiple laboratories. The ability of these models to induce dynamic mechanical allodynia was however substantially lower. The proportion of subjects who developed hypersensitivity was rarely provided, giving rise to significant reporting bias. In four of these models pharmacological profiles allowed to verify similarity to some clinical conditions, and therefore may inform basic research for new drug development. Conclusions While there is no single “optimal” model of central sensitization, the range of validated and easy‐to‐use procedures in humans should be able to inform preclinical researchers on helpful potential biomarkers, thereby narrowing the translation gap between basic and clinical data. Significance Being able to mimic aspects of pathological pain directly in humans has a huge potential to understand pathophysiology and provide animal research with translatable biomarkers for drug development. One group of human surrogate models has proven to have excellent predictive validity: they respond to clinically active medications and do not respond to clinically inactive medications, including some that worked in animals but failed in the clinics. They should therefore inform basic research for new drug development.
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- Charles Quesada
- NeuroPain lab, Lyon Centre for Neuroscience Inserm U1028, Lyon, France.,Pain Center Neurological Hospital (CETD), Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Mannheim center for Translational Neurosciences, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Danish Pain Research Center, Dept of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Institute of Neuroscience (IoNS), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Mannheim center for Translational Neurosciences, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Mannheim center for Translational Neurosciences, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Danish Pain Research Center, Dept of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Institute of Neuroscience (IoNS), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Mannheim center for Translational Neurosciences, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- NeuroPain lab, Lyon Centre for Neuroscience Inserm U1028, Lyon, France.,Pain Center Neurological Hospital (CETD), Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Abstract
Neuropathic pain caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system is a common chronic pain condition with major impact on quality of life. Examples include trigeminal neuralgia, painful polyneuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, and central poststroke pain. Most patients complain of an ongoing or intermittent spontaneous pain of, for example, burning, pricking, squeezing quality, which may be accompanied by evoked pain, particular to light touch and cold. Ectopic activity in, for example, nerve-end neuroma, compressed nerves or nerve roots, dorsal root ganglia, and the thalamus may in different conditions underlie the spontaneous pain. Evoked pain may spread to neighboring areas, and the underlying pathophysiology involves peripheral and central sensitization. Maladaptive structural changes and a number of cell-cell interactions and molecular signaling underlie the sensitization of nociceptive pathways. These include alteration in ion channels, activation of immune cells, glial-derived mediators, and epigenetic regulation. The major classes of therapeutics include drugs acting on α2δ subunits of calcium channels, sodium channels, and descending modulatory inhibitory pathways.
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- Nanna Brix Finnerup
- Danish Pain Research Center, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; and Department of Pharmacology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Danish Pain Research Center, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; and Department of Pharmacology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Danish Pain Research Center, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; and Department of Pharmacology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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Bar-Shalita T, Granovsky Y, Parush S, Weissman-Fogel I. Sensory Modulation Disorder (SMD) and Pain: A New Perspective. Front Integr Neurosci 2019; 13:27. [PMID: 31379526 PMCID: PMC6659392 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2019.00027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Sensory modulation disorder (SMD) affects sensory processing across single or multiple sensory systems. The sensory over-responsivity (SOR) subtype of SMD is manifested clinically as a condition in which non-painful stimuli are perceived as abnormally irritating, unpleasant, or even painful. Moreover, SOR interferes with participation in daily routines and activities (Dunn, 2007; Bar-Shalita et al., 2008; Chien et al., 2016), co-occurs with daily pain hyper-sensitivity, and reduces quality of life due to bodily pain. Laboratory behavioral studies have confirmed abnormal pain perception, as demonstrated by hyperalgesia and an enhanced lingering painful sensation, in children and adults with SMD. Advanced quantitative sensory testing (QST) has revealed the mechanisms of altered pain processing in SOR whereby despite the existence of normal peripheral sensory processing, there is enhanced facilitation of pain-transmitting pathways along with preserved but delayed inhibitory pain modulation. These findings point to central nervous system (CNS) involvement as the underlying mechanism of pain hypersensitivity in SOR. Based on the mutual central processing of both non-painful and painful sensory stimuli, we suggest shared mechanisms such as cortical hyper-excitation, an excitatory-inhibitory neuronal imbalance, and sensory modulation alterations. This is supported by novel findings indicating that SOR is a risk factor and comorbidity of chronic non-neuropathic pain disorders. This is the first review to summarize current empirical knowledge investigating SMD and pain, a sensory modality not yet part of the official SMD realm. We propose a neurophysiological mechanism-based model for the interrelation between pain and SMD. Embracing the pain domain could significantly contribute to the understanding of this condition’s pathogenesis and how it manifests in daily life, as well as suggesting the basis for future potential mechanism-based therapies.
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- Tami Bar-Shalita
- Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine of Hadassah, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Physical Therapy Department, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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Rosendahl A, Krogh S, Kasch H. Pain assessment in hospitalized spinal cord injured patients - a controlled cross-sectional study. Scand J Pain 2019; 19:299-307. [PMID: 30422806 DOI: 10.1515/sjpain-2018-0107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Background and aims Following spinal cord injury (SCI), a majority of individuals may develop neuropathic pain, which further reduces quality of life. Pain is difficult to treat by medication; in fact, medication overuse may aggravate neuropathic pain in SCI by causing central sensitization (CS): a mechanism of hyper-reactivity of the dorsal horn neurons in the spinal cord with amplified cerebral pain response. The purpose of this study was to examine the presence of neuropathic pain and CS above the spinal lesion in SCI, and to investigate whether injury characteristics or medication influenced pain response. Methods Twenty-four SCI patients with various injury characteristics (eight subacute, traumatic injuries, eight chronic, traumatic injuries, eight non-traumatic injuries) and 12 able-bodied controls underwent sensory testing:pressure algometry, Von Frey filaments (sensitivity), and repetitive pinprick stimulation (pain windup). SCI participants also fulfilled a modified version of the McGill Pain Questionnaire. Data were analyzed regarding (i) SCI patients compared with controlgroup and (ii) SCI subgroup comparison (grouped by a) injury characteristics and (b) intake of analgesics, where low-medicated subgroup were prescribed only non-opioids and high-medicated potent opioids). Results Neuropathic pain was present in 21 of 24 SCI patients. Chronic and non-traumatic SCI patients reported considerably higher present pain intensity than sub-acute traumatic SCI patients on a five-point scale (3.13±0.99, 1.75±1.75 and 0.13±0.35, respectively, p<0.005). Reduced pressure pain detection thresholds (PPDT) were found in SCI patients at several supra-lesional anatomical points compared to controls. Contrarily, tactile detection thresholds were higher in SCI. SCI subgroup analyses showed that i) the low-medicated SCI subgroup displayed significantly lower PPDT compared to the high-medicated subgroup, ii) pain-windup was present in all subgroups although the sub-acute and non-traumatic subgroups displayed lesser pain windup than controls, and the chronic SCI subgroup mainly displayed higher pain windup. Conclusions The reduced PPDT found above lesion suggests the presence of CS in SCI. However, findings regarding SCI subgroup comparison did not support our hypothesis that more medication leads to increased CS. Implications The development of CS may complicate diagnosis and pain treatment following SCI. Prospective studies of SCI with a healthy control group are needed.
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- Amalie Rosendahl
- Spinal Cord Injury Center of Western Denmark, Regional Hospital Viborg, Viborg, Denmark
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- Spinal Cord Injury Center of Western Denmark, Department of Neurology, Regional Hospital Viborg, Viborg, Denmark
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- Spinal Cord Injury Centre of Western Denmark, Department of Neurology, Regional Hospital of Viborg, Soendersoeparken 11, Postbox 130, DK 8800 Viborg, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, Phone: +45 78446177, Fax: +45 78446159
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Arendt‐Nielsen L, Morlion B, Perrot S, Dahan A, Dickenson A, Kress H, Wells C, Bouhassira D, Drewes AM. Assessment and manifestation of central sensitisation across different chronic pain conditions. Eur J Pain 2018; 22:216-241. [DOI: 10.1002/ejp.1140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 384] [Impact Index Per Article: 64.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023]
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AbstractDifferent neuroplastic processes can occur along the nociceptive pathways and may be important in the transition from acute to chronic pain and for diagnosis and development of optimal management strategies. The neuroplastic processes may result in gain (sensitisation) or loss (desensitisation) of function in relation to the incoming nociceptive signals. Such processes play important roles in chronic pain, and although the clinical manifestations differ across condition processes, they share some common mechanistic features. The fundamental understanding and quantitative assessment of particularly some of the central sensitisation mechanisms can be translated from preclinical studies into the clinic. The clinical perspectives are implementation of such novel information into diagnostics, mechanistic phenotyping, prevention, personalised treatment, and drug development. The aims of this paper are to introduce and discuss (1) some common fundamental central pain mechanisms, (2) how they may translate into the clinical signs and symptoms across different chronic pain conditions, (3) how to evaluate gain and loss of function using quantitative pain assessment tools, and (4) the implications for optimising prevention and management of pain. The chronic pain conditions selected for the paper are neuropathic pain in general, musculoskeletal pain (chronic low back pain and osteoarthritic pain in particular), and visceral pain (irritable bowel syndrome in particular). The translational mechanisms addressed are local and widespread sensitisation, central summation, and descending pain modulation.SignificanceCentral sensitisation is an important manifestation involved in many different chronic pain conditions. Central sensitisation can be different to assess and evaluate as the manifestations vary from pain condition to pain condition. Understanding central sensitisation may promote better profiling and diagnosis of pain patients and development of new regimes for mechanism based therapy. Some of the mechanisms underlying central sensitisation can be translated from animals to humans providing new options in development of therapies and profiling drugs under development.
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- The Leuven Centre for Algology University Hospitals Leuven University of Leuven Belgium
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- INSERM U987 Pain Center Cochin Hospital Paris Descartes University Paris France
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- Department of Anesthesiology Leiden University Medical Center Leiden The Netherlands
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- Neuroscience Physiology & Pharmacology University College London UK
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- Department of Special Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy Medizinische Universität/AKH Wien Vienna Austria
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- INSERM U987 Centre d'Evaluation et de Traitement de la Douleur Hôpital Ambroise Paré Boulogne Billancourt France
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- Mech‐Sense Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Clinical Institute Aalborg University Hospital Aalborg Denmark
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Schreiber KL, Loggia ML, Kim J, Cahalan CM, Napadow V, Edwards RR. Painful After-Sensations in Fibromyalgia are Linked to Catastrophizing and Differences in Brain Response in the Medial Temporal Lobe. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2017; 18:855-867. [PMID: 28300650 PMCID: PMC6102715 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2017.02.437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2016] [Revised: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex syndrome characterized by chronic widespread pain, hyperalgesia, and other disabling symptoms. Although the brain response to experimental pain in FM patients has been the object of intense investigation, the biological underpinnings of painful after-sensations (PAS), and their relation to negative affect have received little attention. In this cross-sectional cohort study, subjects with FM (n = 53) and healthy controls (n = 17) were assessed for PAS using exposure to a sustained, moderately painful cuff stimulus to the leg, individually calibrated to a target pain intensity of 40 of 100. Despite requiring lower cuff pressures to achieve the target pain level, FM patients reported more pronounced PAS 15 seconds after the end of cuff stimulation, which correlated positively with clinical pain scores. Functional magnetic resonance imaging revealed reduced deactivation of the medial temporal lobe (MTL; amygdala, hippocampus, parahippocampal gyrus) in FM patients, during pain stimulation, as well as in the ensuing poststimulation period, when PAS are experienced. Moreover, the functional magnetic resonance imaging signal measured during the poststimulation period in the MTL, as well as in the insular and anterior middle cingulate and medial prefrontal cortices, correlated with the severity of reported PAS by FM patients. These results suggest that the MTL plays a role in PAS in FM patients. PERSPECTIVE PAS are more common and severe in FM, and are associated with clinical pain and catastrophizing. PAS severity is also associated with less MTL deactivation, suggesting that the MTL, a core node of the default mode network, may be important in the prolongation of pain sensation in FM.
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- Kristin L Schreiber
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts
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- Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Leistad RB, Sand T, Westgaard RH, Nilsen KB, Stovner LJ. Stress-Induced Pain and Muscle Activity in Patients with Migraine and Tension-Type Headache. Cephalalgia 2016; 26:64-73. [PMID: 16396668 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2005.00997.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We recorded deep pain and surface electromyographic (EMG) responses to stress in 22 migraineurs during headache-free periods, 18 patients with tension-type headache (TTH), and 44 healthy controls. Sixty minutes of cognitive stress was followed by 30 min relaxation. EMG and pain (visual analogue scale) in the trapezius, neck (splenius), temporalis and frontalis areas were recorded. TTH patients had higher pain responses in temporalis and frontalis (with similar trends for trapezius and splenius) and more potentiation of pain during the test than controls. Migraine patients developed more pain in the splenius and temporalis than controls. Muscle pain responses were more regional (more pain in the neck and trapezius compared with the temporalis and frontalis) in migraine than in TTH patients. TTH patients had delayed pain recovery in all muscle regions compared with controls, while migraine patients had delayed pain recovery in a more restricted area (trapezius and temporalis). EMG responses were not different from controls in headache patients, and EMG responses did not correlate with pain responses. TTH patients had delayed EMG recovery in the trapezius compared with controls and migraine patients. These results support the concept that (probably central) sensitization of pain pathways and the motor system is important in TTH. Less pronounced and more regional (either peripheral or central) trigeminocervical sensitization seems to be important in migraine. Surface-detectable muscular activation does not seem to be causal for pain during cognitive stress either in migraine or in TTH.
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- R B Leistad
- Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Technology and Science and Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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d-Aspartate drinking solution alleviates pain and cognitive impairment in neuropathic mice. Amino Acids 2016; 48:1553-67. [DOI: 10.1007/s00726-016-2205-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Simon CB, Riley JL, Fillingim RB, Bishop MD, George SZ. Age Group Comparisons of TENS Response Among Individuals With Chronic Axial Low Back Pain. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2015; 16:1268-1279. [PMID: 26342650 PMCID: PMC4666741 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2015.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Revised: 08/05/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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UNLABELLED Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a highly prevalent and disabling musculoskeletal pain condition among older adults. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is commonly used to treat CLBP, however response to TENS in older adults compared with younger adults is untested. In a dose-response study stratified by age, 60 participants with axial CLBP (20 young, 20 middle-aged, 20 older) received four 20-minute sessions of high-frequency high-intensity TENS over a 2- to 3-week period in a laboratory-controlled setting. Experimental measures of pain sensitivity (mechanical pressure pain detection threshold) and central pain excitability (phasic heat temporal summation and heat aftersensations) were assessed before and after TENS. Episodic or immediate axial CLBP relief was assessed after TENS via measures of resting pain, movement-evoked-pain, and self-reported disability. Cumulative or prolonged axial CLBP relief was assessed by comparing daily pain reports across sessions. Independent of age, individuals experienced episodic increase in the pressure pain detection threshold and reduction in aftersensation after TENS application. Similarly, all groups, on average, experienced episodic axial CLBP relief via improved resting pain, movement-evoked pain, and disability report. Under this design, no cumulative effect was observed as daily pain did not improve for any age group across the 4 sessions. However, older adults received higher TENS amplitude across all sessions to achieve TENS responses similar to those in younger adults. These findings suggest that older adults experience similar episodic axial CLBP relief to that of younger individuals after high-frequency, high-intensity TENS when higher dose parameters are used. PERSPECTIVE This study examined age group differences in experimental and axial CLBP response to TENS, delivered under the current recommended parameters of strong, but tolerable amplitude. Older adults had comparable TENS response although at higher TENS amplitude than younger adults, which may have important mechanistic and clinical implications.
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- Corey B Simon
- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; Pain Research & Intervention Center of Excellence, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
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- Pain Research & Intervention Center of Excellence, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Pain Research & Intervention Center of Excellence, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; Pain Research & Intervention Center of Excellence, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; Pain Research & Intervention Center of Excellence, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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It is evident that chronic pain can modify the excitability of central nervous system which imposes a specific challenge for the management and for the development of new analgesics. The central manifestations can be difficult to quantify using standard clinical examination procedures, but quantitative sensory testing (QST) may help to quantify the degree and extend of the central reorganization and effect of pharmacological interventions. Furthermore, QST may help in optimizing the development programs for new drugs.Specific translational mechanistic QST tools have been developed to quantify different aspects of central sensitization in pain patients such as threshold ratios, provoked hyperalgesia/allodynia, temporal summation (wind-up like pain), after sensation, spatial summation, reflex receptive fields, descending pain modulation, offset analgesia, and referred pain areas. As most of the drug development programs in the area of pain management have not been very successful, the pharmaceutical industry has started to utilize the complementary knowledge obtained from QST profiling. Linking patients QST profile with drug efficacy profile may provide the fundamentals for developing individualized, targeted pain management programs in the future. Linking QST-assessed pain mechanisms with treatment outcome provides new valuable information in drug development and for optimizing the management regimes for chronic pain.
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- Lars Arendt-Nielsen
- Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI), Department of Health Science and Technology, School of Medicine, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7-D3, 9220, Aalborg, Denmark,
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Allodynia and hyperalgesia in neuropathic pain: clinical manifestations and mechanisms. Lancet Neurol 2014; 13:924-35. [PMID: 25142459 DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(14)70102-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 522] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Allodynia (pain due to a stimulus that does not usually provoke pain) and hyperalgesia (increased pain from a stimulus that usually provokes pain) are prominent symptoms in patients with neuropathic pain. Both are seen in various peripheral neuropathies and central pain disorders, and affect 15-50% of patients with neuropathic pain. Allodynia and hyperalgesia are classified according to the sensory modality (touch, pressure, pinprick, cold, and heat) that is used to elicit the sensation. Peripheral sensitisation and maladaptive central changes contribute to the generation and maintenance of these reactions, with separate mechanisms in different subtypes of allodynia and hyperalgesia. Pain intensity and relief are important measures in clinical pain studies, but might be insufficient to capture the complexity of the pain experience. Better understanding of allodynia and hyperalgesia might provide clues to the underlying pathophysiology of neuropathic pain and, as such, they represent new or additional endpoints in pain trials.
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Atypical central pain processing in sensory modulation disorder: absence of temporal summation and higher after-sensation. Exp Brain Res 2013; 232:587-95. [PMID: 24247592 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3767-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Naugle KM, Cruz-Almeida Y, Fillingim RB, Riley JL. Offset analgesia is reduced in older adults. Pain 2013; 154:2381-2387. [PMID: 23872117 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2012] [Revised: 06/27/2013] [Accepted: 07/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Recent studies indicate that aging is associated with dysfunctional changes in pain modulatory capacity, potentially contributing to increased incidence of pain in older adults. However, age-related changes in offset analgesia (offset), a form of temporal pain inhibition, remain poorly characterized. The purpose of this study was to investigate age differences in offset analgesia of heat pain in healthy younger and older adults. To explore the peripheral mechanisms underlying offset, an additional aim of the study was to test offset at 2 anatomical sites with known differences in nociceptor innervation. A total of 25 younger adults and 20 older adults completed 6 offset trials in which the experimental heat stimulus was presented to the volar forearm and glabrous skin of the palm. Each trial consisted of 3 continuous phases: an initial 15-second painful stimulus (T1), a slight increase in temperature from T1 for 5 seconds (T2), and a slight decrease back to the initial testing temperature for 10 seconds (T3). During each trial, subjects rated pain intensity continuously using an electronic visual analogue scale (0-100). Older adults demonstrated reduced offset compared to younger adults when tested on the volar forearm. Interestingly, offset analgesia was nonexistent on the palm for all subjects. The reduced offset found in older adults may reflect an age-related decline in endogenous inhibitory systems. However, although the exact mechanisms underlying offset remain unknown, the absence of offset at the palm suggests that peripheral mechanisms may be involved in initiating this phenomenon.
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- Kelly M Naugle
- College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Harden RN, Wallach G, Gagnon CM, Zereshki A, Mukai A, Saracoglu M, Kuroda MM, Graciosa JR, Bruehl S. The Osteoarthritis Knee Model: Psychophysical Characteristics and Putative Outcomes. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2013; 14:281-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2012.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2012] [Revised: 11/19/2012] [Accepted: 11/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dose-response relationship after single oral dose administrations of morphine and oxycodone using laser-evoked potentials on UVB- and capsaicin-irritated skin in healthy male subjects. Pain 2012; 153:1648-1656. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2011] [Revised: 03/19/2012] [Accepted: 04/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Opioid-independent mechanisms supporting offset analgesia and temporal sharpening of nociceptive information. Pain 2012; 153:1232-1243. [PMID: 22503222 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.02.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2011] [Revised: 02/24/2012] [Accepted: 02/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The mechanisms supporting temporal processing of pain remain poorly understood. To determine the involvement of opioid mechanisms in temporal processing of pain, responses to dynamic noxious thermal stimuli and offset analgesia were assessed after administration of naloxone, a μ-opioid antagonist, and on a separate day, during and after intravenous administration of remifentanil, a μ-opioid agonist, in 19 healthy human volunteers. Multiple end points were sampled from real-time computerized visual analog scale ratings (VAS, 1 to 10) to assess thermal sensitivity, magnitude and duration of offset analgesia, and painful after sensations. It was hypothesized that the magnitude of offset analgesia would be reduced by direct opioid antagonism and during states of acute opioid-induced hypersensitivity (OIH), as well as diminished by the presence of exogenous opioids. Surprisingly, the magnitude of offset analgesia was not altered after naloxone administration, during remifentanil infusion, or after the termination of remifentanil infusion. Because thermal hyperalgesia was observed after both drugs, 8 of the original 19 subjects returned for an additional session without drug administration. Thermal hyperalgesia and increased magnitude of offset analgesia were observed across conditions of remifentanil, naloxone, and no drug within this subset analysis, indicating that repeated heat testing induced thermal hyperalgesia, which potentiated the magnitude of offset analgesia. Thus, it is concluded that the mechanisms subserving temporal processing of nociceptive information are largely opioid-independent, but that offset analgesia may be potentiated by heat-induced thermal hyperalgesia in a proportion of individuals.
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Effects of perceived and exerted pain control on neural activity during pain relief in experimental heat hyperalgesia: A
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study. Eur J Pain 2012; 16:496-508. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2011.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Svendsen KB, Andersen S, Arnason S, Arnér S, Breivik H, Heiskanen T, Kalso E, Kongsgaard UE, Sjogren P, Strang P, Bach FW, Jensen TS. Breakthrough pain in malignant and non-malignant diseases: a review of prevalence, characteristics and mechanisms. Eur J Pain 2012; 9:195-206. [PMID: 15737812 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2004.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2004] [Accepted: 06/01/2004] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Breakthrough pain or transient worsening of pain in patients with an ongoing steady pain is a well known feature in cancer pain patients, but it is also seen in non-malignant pain conditions with involvement of nerves, muscles, bones or viscera. Continuous and intermittent pain seems to be a general feature of these different pain conditions, and this raises the possibility of one or several common mechanisms underlying breakthrough pain in malignant and non-malignant disorders. Although the mechanisms of spontaneous ongoing pain and intermittent flares of pain (BTP) may be difficult to separate, we suggest that peripheral and/or central sensitization (hyperexcitability) may play a major role in many causes of BTP. Mechanical stimuli (e.g. micro-fractures) changes in chemical environments and release of tumour growth factors may initiate sensitization both peripherally and centrally. It is suggested that sensitization could be the common denominator of BTP in malignant and non-malignant pain.
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- Kristina B Svendsen
- Danish Pain Research Center, University Hospital of Aarhus, Noerrebrogade 44, Building 1A, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
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Juhl GI, Jensen TS, Norholt SE, Svensson P. Central sensitization phenomena after third molar surgery: A quantitative sensory testing study. Eur J Pain 2012; 12:116-27. [PMID: 17553713 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2007.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2005] [Revised: 04/09/2007] [Accepted: 04/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Surgical removal of third molars may carry a risk of developing persistent orofacial pain, and central sensitization appears to play an important role in the transition from acute to chronic pain. AIM The aim of this study was to investigate sensitization (primarily central sensitization) after orofacial trauma using quantitative sensory testing (QST). METHODS A total of 32 healthy men (16 patients and 16 age-matched control subjects) underwent a battery of quantitative tests adapted to the trigeminal area at baseline and 2, 7, and 30 days following surgical removal of a lower impacted third molar. RESULTS Central sensitization for at least one week was indicated by significantly increased pain intensity evoked by intraoral repetitive pinprick and electrical stimulation (p<0.05) including facilitation of temporal summation mechanisms (p<0.05), extraoral repetitive electrical stimulation (p<0.001), significantly more frequent aftersensation in patients (p<0.001), extraoral hyperalgesia due to single pinprick stimulation (p<0.05) and larger pain areas due to intranasal stimulation (p<0.001). Peripheral sensitization was indicated by intraoral hyperalgesia due to single pinprick (p<0.05). CONCLUSION We found clear signs of sensitization of the trigeminal nociceptive system for at least one week after the surgery. Our results indicate that even a minor orofacial surgical procedure may be sufficient to evoke signs of both central and peripheral sensitization, which may play a role in the transition from acute to chronic pain in susceptible individuals.
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- Gitte I Juhl
- Department of Neurology and Danish Pain Research Center, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Nilsen KB, Sand T, Westgaard RH, Stovner LJ, White LR, Bang Leistad R, Helde G, Rø M. Autonomic activation and pain in response to low-grade mental stress in fibromyalgia and shoulder/neck pain patients. Eur J Pain 2012; 11:743-55. [PMID: 17224287 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2006.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2006] [Revised: 11/03/2006] [Accepted: 11/20/2006] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Psychosocial stress is a risk factor for musculoskeletal pain, but how stress affects musculoskeletal pain is poorly understood. We wanted to examine the relationship between low-grade autonomic activation and stress-related pain in patients with fibromyalgia and localised chronic shoulder/neck pain. METHODS Twenty-three female patients with fibromyalgia, 29 female patients with chronic shoulder-neck pain, and 35 healthy women performed a stressful task lasting 60min. With a blinded study design, we recorded continuous blood pressure, heart rate, finger skin blood flow and respiration frequency before (10min), during (60min) and after (30min) the stressful task. The physiological responses were compared with subjective reports of pain. RESULTS The increase in diastolic blood pressure and heart rate in response to the stressful task were smaller in fibromyalgia patients compared with the healthy controls. Furthermore, fibromyalgia patients had reduced finger skin blood flow at the end of the stressful task compared to healthy controls. We also found an inverse relationship between the heart rate response and development and recovery of the stress-related pain in fibromyalgia patients. CONCLUSION We found abnormal cardiovascular responses to a 60min long stressful task in fibromyalgia patients. Furthermore, we found a negative association between the heart rate response and the pain which developed during the stressful task in the fibromyalgia group, possibly a result of reduced stress-induced analgesia for fibromyalgia patients.
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- Kristian Bernhard Nilsen
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Neurosciences, N-7489, Trondheim, Norway.
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Differential effects of experimental central sensitization on the time-course and magnitude of offset analgesia. Pain 2011; 153:463-472. [PMID: 22154333 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2011] [Revised: 10/28/2011] [Accepted: 11/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pain perception is temporally altered during states of chronic pain and acute central sensitization; however, the mechanisms contributing to temporal processing of nociceptive information remain poorly understood. Offset analgesia is a phenomenon that reflects the presence of temporal contrast mechanisms for nociceptive information and can provide an end point to study temporal aspects of pain processing. In order to investigate whether offset analgesia is disrupted during sensitized states, 23 healthy volunteers provided real-time continuous visual analogue scale responses to noxious heat stimuli that evoke offset analgesia. Responses to these stimuli were evaluated during capsaicin-heat sensitization (45°C stimulus, capsaicin cream 0.1%) and heat-only sensitization (40°C stimulus, placebo cream). Capsaicin-heat sensitization produced significantly larger regions of secondary mechanical allodynia compared to heat-only sensitization. Although areas of mechanical allodynia were positively related to individual differences in heat pain sensitivity, this relationship was altered at later time points after capsaicin-heat sensitization. Heat hyperalgesia was observed in the secondary region following both capsaicin-heat and heat-only sensitization. Increased latencies to maximal offset analgesia and prolonged aftersensations were observed only in the primary regions directly treated by capsaicin-heat or heat alone. However, contrary to the hypothesis that offset analgesia would be reduced following capsaicin-heat sensitization, the magnitude of offset analgesia remained remarkably intact after both capsaicin-heat and heat-only sensitization in zones of both primary and secondary mechanical allodynia. These data indicate that offset analgesia is a robust phenomenon and engages mechanisms that interact minimally with those supporting acute central sensitization.
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Said-Yekta S, Smeets R, Esteves-Oliveira M, Stein JM, Riediger D, Lampert F. Verification of nerve integrity after surgical intervention using quantitative sensory testing. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011; 70:263-71. [PMID: 21802811 DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2011.03.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2010] [Revised: 03/20/2011] [Accepted: 03/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to apply a standardized Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) approach in patients to investigate whether oral surgery can lead to sensory changes, even if the patients do not report any sensory disturbances. Furthermore, this study determines the degree and duration of possible neuronal hyperexcitability due to local inflammatory trauma after oral surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS Orofacial sensory functions were investigated by psychophysical means in 60 patients (30 male, 30 female) in innervation areas of infraorbital nerves, mental nerves and lingual nerves after different interventions in oral surgery. The patients were tested 1 week, 4 weeks, 7 weeks, and 10 weeks postoperatively. As controls for bilateral sensory changes after unilateral surgery, tests were additionally performed in 20 volunteers who did not have any dental restorations. RESULTS No differences were found between the control group and the control side of the patients. Although not 1 of the patients reported paresthesia or other sensory changes postoperatively, QST detected significant differences between the control and the test side in the mental and lingual regions. Test sides were significantly less sensitive for thermal parameters (cold, warm, and heat). No differences were found in the infraorbital region. Patients showed significantly decreased pain pressure thresholds on the operated side. QST monitored recovery over time in all patients. CONCLUSIONS The results show that oral surgery can lead to sensory deficits in the mental and lingual region, even if the patients do not notice any sensory disturbances. The applied QST battery is a useful tool to investigate trigeminal nerve function in the early postoperative period. In light of the increasing forensic implication, this tool can serve to objectify clinical findings.
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- Sareh Said-Yekta
- Department of Conservative Dentistry, Periodontology and Preventive Dentistry, Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
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Alappattu MJ, Bishop MD, Bialosky JE, George SZ, Robinson ME. Stability of behavioral estimates of activity-dependent modulation of pain. J Pain Res 2011; 4:151-7. [PMID: 21811390 PMCID: PMC3141831 DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s18105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Temporal sensory summation of pain (TSSP) is a proxy measure of windup in humans and results in increased ratings of pain caused by a repetitive, low-frequency noxious stimulus. Aftersensations (ASs) are pain sensations that remain after TSSP has been induced. We examined the within-session and across-session variability in TSSP and AS estimation in healthy participants and in participants with exercise-induced muscle pain in order to determine whether the presence of pain affected the stability of TSSP and ASs. TSSP was estimated by application of 10 repetitive, low-frequency (<0.33 Hz) thermal pulses and measured by the simple slope of pain ratings between the first and fifth pulses. ASs were measured by the presence of any remaining pain sensations up to 1 minute after TSSP was induced. TSSP estimation remained moderately stable in pain-free participants and in participants with pain within a single testing session but demonstrated low stability across sessions in pain-free participants. AS estimation was stable for all groups. Estimation of TSSP and ASs using these protocols appears to be a reliable single-session outcome measure in studies of interventions for acute muscle pain and in experimental studies with healthy participants. This article evaluates the reliability of a commonly used method of estimating TSSP and ASs in both healthy participants and in a clinically relevant model of acute pain. These protocols have the potential to be used as single-session outcome measures for interventional studies and in experimental studies.
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- Meryl J Alappattu
- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Samuelsson M, Leffler AS, Hansson P. Dynamic mechanical allodynia in the secondary hyperalgesic area in the capsaicin model—Perceptually similar phenomena as in painful neuropathy? Scand J Pain 2011; 2:85-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sjpain.2011.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2010] [Accepted: 01/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Abstract
Introduction
In order to develop valid experimental human pain models, i.e., models potentially reflecting mechanisms underlying certain expressions of clinical pain conditions, similarities and discrepancies of symptoms/signs must first and foremost be evaluated comparing the two. In a situation where symptoms/signs appear to be similar, a potential pitfall with surrogate models would be that pathophysiological mechanisms in clinical conditions and experimental models might differ, i.e., one symptom/sign may be due to several different mechanisms. Symptoms and signs caused by intradermally injected capsaicin have been suggested to reflect aspects of the clinical phenomenology of neuropathic pain, e.g., dynamic mechanical allodynia. Psychophysical characteristics of brush-evoked pain in the pain area in patients with painful peripheral neuropathy were compared with brush-evoked pain in the secondary hyperalgesic area in capsaicin-treated skin in patients and in healthy subjects using different temporo-spatial stimulus parameters.
Method
Nine patients were examined in the area of painful neuropathy and subsequently in the corresponding contralateral secondary site, i.e., the secondary hyperalgesic area after an intradermal capsaicin injection. Nine healthy age- and sex-matched subjects were examined in a corresponding area after capsaicin injection. Brush-evoked allodynia was induced by lightly stroking 2 different distances of the skin 2 or 4 times with brushes of 2 different widths. Intensity and duration of brush-evoked allodynia was recorded using a computerized visual analogue scale. The total brush-evoked pain intensity, including aftersensation was calculated as the area under the curve. In addition, similarities and discrepancies in the selection of sensory-discriminative and affective descriptors of the painful experience have been surveyed in the area of neuropathy and in the area of secondary hyperalgesia.
Results
All patients reported brush-evoked pain in their area of painful neuropathy during all stimuli. Eight out of 9 patients reported brush-evoked pain in an area outside the flare in the capsaicin treated skin and only 3 out of 9 healthy subjects reported brush-evoked pain in an area outside the flare. Within patients there was no significant difference between sides regarding the influence of the various temporo-spatial stimulus parameters on the total brush-evoked pain intensity. Of all parameters tested, only increased number of strokes resulted in significantly higher brush-evoked pain intensity. The most commonly used sensory-discriminative descriptors during brush-evoked pain in the area of painful neuropathy and in the capsaicin-induced secondary hyperalgesic area in patients and controls were smarting and burning and for the affective descriptors troublesome and annoying.
Conclusions
Similarities were found regarding the influence of temporo-spatial stimulus parameters on brush-evoked allodynia in the capsaicin-induced secondary hyperalgesic area contralateral to the area of painful neuropathy and their influence when testing the area of neuropathic pain. Only 3/9 healthy subjects reported brush-evoked pain after capsaicin injection, a finding that may be related to this group reporting less spontaneous pain than the patients after injection. A hyperexcitable nervous system due to the contralateral clinical condition may also have a bearing on the frequent finding of capsaicin-induced allodynia in the patients (8/9).
Implications
The low prevalence of tactile allodynia in healthy volunteers makes the capsaicin model an unattractive strategy.
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- Monika Samuelsson
- Clinical Pain Research, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet , Karolinska University Hospital Solna , SE-171 76 Stockholm , Sweden
- Department of Occupational Therapy , Karolinska University Hospital Solna , SE-171 76 Stockholm , Sweden
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- Clinical Pain Research, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet , Karolinska University Hospital Solna , SE-171 76 Stockholm , Sweden
- Pain Center, Department of Neurosurgery , Karolinska University Hospital Solna , SE-171 76 Stockholm , Sweden
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- Clinical Pain Research, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet , Karolinska University Hospital Solna , SE-171 76 Stockholm , Sweden
- Pain Center, Department of Neurosurgery , Karolinska University Hospital Solna , SE-171 76 Stockholm , Sweden
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Svensson P, Baad-Hansen L, Pigg M, List T, Eliav E, Ettlin D, Michelotti A, Tsukiyama Y, Matsuka Y, Jääskeläinen SK, Essick G, Greenspan JD, Drangsholt M. Guidelines and recommendations for assessment of somatosensory function in oro-facial pain conditions--a taskforce report. J Oral Rehabil 2011; 38:366-94. [PMID: 21241350 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2842.2010.02196.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The goals of an international taskforce on somatosensory testing established by the Special Interest Group of Oro-facial Pain (SIG-OFP) under the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) were to (i) review the literature concerning assessment of somatosensory function in the oro-facial region in terms of techniques and test performance, (ii) provide guidelines for comprehensive and screening examination procedures, and (iii) give recommendations for future development of somatosensory testing specifically in the oro-facial region. Numerous qualitative and quantitative psychophysical techniques have been proposed and used in the description of oro-facial somatosensory function. The selection of technique includes time considerations because the most reliable and accurate methods require multiple repetitions of stimuli. Multiple-stimulus modalities (mechanical, thermal, electrical, chemical) have been applied to study oro-facial somatosensory function. A battery of different test stimuli is needed to obtain comprehensive information about the functional integrity of the various types of afferent nerve fibres. Based on the available literature, the German Neuropathic Pain Network test battery appears suitable for the study of somatosensory function within the oro-facial area as it is based on a wide variety of both qualitative and quantitative assessments of all cutaneous somatosensory modalities. Furthermore, these protocols have been thoroughly described and tested on multiple sites including the facial skin and intra-oral mucosa. Standardisation of both comprehensive and screening examination techniques is likely to improve the diagnostic accuracy and facilitate the understanding of neural mechanisms and somatosensory changes in different oro-facial pain conditions and may help to guide management.
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- P Svensson
- Department of Clinical Oral Physiology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Woolf CJ. Central sensitization: implications for the diagnosis and treatment of pain. Pain 2010; 152:S2-S15. [PMID: 20961685 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.09.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2713] [Impact Index Per Article: 193.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2010] [Revised: 09/24/2010] [Accepted: 09/24/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Nociceptor inputs can trigger a prolonged but reversible increase in the excitability and synaptic efficacy of neurons in central nociceptive pathways, the phenomenon of central sensitization. Central sensitization manifests as pain hypersensitivity, particularly dynamic tactile allodynia, secondary punctate or pressure hyperalgesia, aftersensations, and enhanced temporal summation. It can be readily and rapidly elicited in human volunteers by diverse experimental noxious conditioning stimuli to skin, muscles or viscera, and in addition to producing pain hypersensitivity, results in secondary changes in brain activity that can be detected by electrophysiological or imaging techniques. Studies in clinical cohorts reveal changes in pain sensitivity that have been interpreted as revealing an important contribution of central sensitization to the pain phenotype in patients with fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, musculoskeletal disorders with generalized pain hypersensitivity, headache, temporomandibular joint disorders, dental pain, neuropathic pain, visceral pain hypersensitivity disorders and post-surgical pain. The comorbidity of those pain hypersensitivity syndromes that present in the absence of inflammation or a neural lesion, their similar pattern of clinical presentation and response to centrally acting analgesics, may reflect a commonality of central sensitization to their pathophysiology. An important question that still needs to be determined is whether there are individuals with a higher inherited propensity for developing central sensitization than others, and if so, whether this conveys an increased risk in both developing conditions with pain hypersensitivity, and their chronification. Diagnostic criteria to establish the presence of central sensitization in patients will greatly assist the phenotyping of patients for choosing treatments that produce analgesia by normalizing hyperexcitable central neural activity. We have certainly come a long way since the first discovery of activity-dependent synaptic plasticity in the spinal cord and the revelation that it occurs and produces pain hypersensitivity in patients. Nevertheless, discovering the genetic and environmental contributors to and objective biomarkers of central sensitization will be highly beneficial, as will additional treatment options to prevent or reduce this prevalent and promiscuous form of pain plasticity.
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- Clifford J Woolf
- Program in Neurobiology and FM Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children's Hospital Boston, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Riley JL, King CD, Wong F, Fillingim RB, Mauderli AP. Lack of endogenous modulation and reduced decay of prolonged heat pain in older adults. Pain 2010; 150:153-160. [PMID: 20546997 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2009] [Revised: 02/24/2010] [Accepted: 04/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This study supports the hypothesis that healthy older adults exhibit decreased endogenous pain inhibition compared to younger healthy controls. Twenty-two older adults (56-77years of age) and 27 controls aged 20-49 participated in five experimental sessions following a training session. Each experimental session consisted of five 60-s trials in which the experimental heat stimulus was presented to the thenar eminence of the left palm with or without a conditioning stimulus (cold-water immersion of the foot). The temperature for the palm (44-49 degrees C) and foot (8-16 degrees C) was customized for each subject. The intensity of experimental pain produced by the contact thermode was continuously measured during the 60-s trial with an electronic visual analogue scale. No significant associations were found between subjects rating of concentration and the overall inhibitory effect. Older subjects failed to demonstrate conditioned pain modulation (CPM) and showed facilitation in the trials using painful concurrent immersion of the foot. A novel aspect of the study was that we recorded "pain offset" (i.e., after-sensations) and found that ratings for the older sample decreased at a slower rate than observed for the group of younger adults suggesting increased central sensitization among the older sample. Decrements in CPM could contribute to the greater prevalence of pain in older age. Since a number of neurotransmitter systems are involved in pain modulation, it is possible age-related differences in CPM are due to functional changes in these systems in a number of areas within the neuroaxis.
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- Joseph L Riley
- Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA Department of Prosthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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Radtke C, Vogt PM, Devor M, Kocsis JD. Keratinocytes acting on injured afferents induce extreme neuronal hyperexcitability and chronic pain. Pain 2009; 148:94-102. [PMID: 19932564 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2009] [Revised: 09/23/2009] [Accepted: 10/21/2009] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Keratinocytes play an important role in the dialog between skin and cutaneous sensory neurons. They are an essential source of cutaneous nerve growth factor (NGF), a neurotrophin that contributes to persistent pain in inflammation and neuropathy. We studied the interaction of human keratinocytes (hKTs) and regenerating afferent nerve fibers by transplanting hKTs into a ligated and transected peripheral nerve. The hKTs self-assembled into a multi-laminar spheroid cellular structure resembling the stratum spinosum of epidermis. Axonal sprouts surrounded the structure although they were excluded from entry. Levels of NGF were elevated at the transplant site. Whole cell patch-clamp recordings from primary afferent neurons whose cut axons were present near the transplanted hKTs displayed extreme hyperexcitability. These neurons generated high frequency trains of action potentials during step depolarization stimuli, and they sometimes showed afterdischarge and fired spontaneously at resting membrane potential. This spontaneous firing originated from subthreshold membrane potential oscillations. The animals with the hKT transplants exhibited spontaneous pain behavior manifest as autotomy. The results demonstrate that an interaction between injured/regenerating nerve fibers and keratinocytes such as may occur during wound healing, results in afferent hyperexcitability and pain. These results have implications for persistent pain associated with burn and traumatic skin injuries.
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- Christine Radtke
- Department of Neurology and Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA Rehabilitation Research Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, and Center for Research on Pain, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Temporal filtering of nociceptive information by dynamic activation of endogenous pain modulatory systems. J Neurosci 2009; 29:10264-71. [PMID: 19692600 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4648-08.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Endogenous pain control mechanisms have long been known to produce analgesia during "flight or fight" situations and to contribute to cognitively driven pain modulation, such as placebo analgesia. Afferent nociceptive information can also directly activate supraspinal descending modulatory systems, suggesting that these mechanisms may participate in feedback loops that dynamically alter the processing of nociceptive information. The functional significance of these feedback loops, however, remains unclear. The phenomenon of offset analgesia -- disproportionately large decreases in pain ratings evoked by small decreases in stimulus intensity -- suggests that dynamic activation of endogenous pain inhibition may contribute to the temporal filtering of nociceptive information. The neural mechanisms that mediate this phenomenon remain currently unknown. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we show that several regions of the midbrain and brainstem are differentially activated during offset analgesia. These activations are consistent with the location of areas such as the periaqueductal gray (PAG), rostral ventral medulla, and locus ceruleus that have substantial roles in descending inhibition of pain. This transient analgesia contributes to the temporal filtering of nociceptive information by producing a perceptual amplification of the magnitude and duration of decreases in noxious stimulus intensity. Together with the involvement of PAG and associated brainstem mechanisms in cognitively generated analgesia, the present observations suggest that the fundamental role of endogenous pain modulatory mechanisms is to dynamically shape the processing of nociceptive signals to best fit with the ever-changing demands of the environment.
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Pryseley A, Ledent EY, Drewes AM, Staahl C, Olesen AE, Arendt-Nielsen L. Applying Concepts of Generalizability Theory on Data from Experimental Pain Studies to Investigate Reliability. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2009; 105:105-12. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2009.00408.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Arendt-Nielsen L, Yarnitsky D. Experimental and Clinical Applications of Quantitative Sensory Testing Applied to Skin, Muscles and Viscera. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2009; 10:556-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 383] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2008] [Revised: 01/12/2009] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Yelle MD, Rogers JM, Robert C. C. Offset analgesia: a temporal contrast mechanism for nociceptive information. Pain 2007; 134:174-86. [PMID: 17533118 PMCID: PMC2213795 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2006] [Revised: 02/22/2007] [Accepted: 04/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Temporal filtering of afferent information is an intrinsic component of the processing of numerous types of sensory information. To date, no temporal filtering mechanism has been identified for nociceptive information. The phenomenon of offset analgesia, the disproportionately large decrease in perceived pain following slight decreases in noxious thermal intensity, however, suggests the existence of such a mechanism. To test the hypothesis that a temporal filtering mechanism is engaged during noxious stimulus offset, subjects rated heat pain intensity while stimulus fall rates were varied from -0.5 to -5.0 degrees C/s. In the absence of a temporal filtering mechanism, pain intensity would be expected to decrease in direct proportion to the stimulus fall rate. However, psychophysical fall rates were considerably faster than stimulus fall rates, such that subjects reported no pain while stimulus temperatures were clearly within the noxious range (47.2 degrees C). In addition, paired noxious stimuli were presented simultaneously to determine if offset analgesia evoked by one stimulus could inhibit pain arising from a separate population of primary afferent neurons. Pain ratings were significantly lower than those reported from two constant 49 degrees C stimuli when offset analgesia was induced proximal to, but not distal to, a second noxious stimulus. These asymmetric spatial interactions are not readily explained by peripheral mechanisms. Taken together, these findings indicate that offset analgesia is mediated in part by central mechanisms and reflect a temporal filtering of the sensory information that enhances the contrast of dynamic decreases in noxious stimulus intensity.
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- Marc D. Yelle
- Wake Forest School of Medicine, Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27157,
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- Wake Forest School of Medicine, Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27157
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- Wake Forest School of Medicine, Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27157, , 336.716.0302 (Office), 336.716.4534 (Fax)
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Schestatsky P, Algaba R, Pérez D, Casanova-Molla J, León L, Costa J, Valls-Solé J. Transient decrease of sensory perception after thermoalgesic stimuli for quantitative sensory testing. Muscle Nerve 2007; 36:466-70. [PMID: 17621355 DOI: 10.1002/mus.20837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Transient decrease in the excitability of a reflex circuit following its activation by appropriate stimuli is a well-recognized phenomenon, but it is unclear how this applies to thermoalgesic stimuli during quantitative sensory testing (QST). We examined the effects induced by a thermoalgesic (conditioning) stimulus on the response to a subsequent (test) stimulus of the same characteristics. All tests were done using a Peltier thermode with a surface area of 12.5 cm(2) using ramp rates of 2 degrees C/s and variable interstimulus intervals (ISIs) ranging from 10 to 60 s. Perception was measured with an electronic visual analog scale. No changes were observed in latency of pain perception. However, latency of warm perception was significantly delayed and pain perception intensity was significantly reduced with respect to conditioning stimuli at ISIs below 60 s. Our results indicate a transient saturation of warm and heat pain perception systems after a thermoalgesic stimulus. We therefore recommend that time intervals of >1 min be used between two consecutive thermoalgesic stimuli when examining QST.
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- Pedro Schestatsky
- Department of Neurology, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona, Spain
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Poon CS, Young DL. Nonassociative learning as gated neural integrator and differentiator in stimulus-response pathways. BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN FUNCTIONS : BBF 2006; 2:29. [PMID: 16893471 PMCID: PMC1578596 DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-2-29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2005] [Accepted: 08/08/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Nonassociative learning is a basic neuroadaptive behavior exhibited across animal phyla and sensory modalities but its role in brain intelligence is unclear. Current literature on habituation and sensitization, the classic "dual process" of nonassociative learning, gives highly incongruous accounts between varying experimental paradigms. Here we propose a general theory of nonassociative learning featuring four base modes: habituation/primary sensitization in primary stimulus-response pathways, and desensitization/secondary sensitization in secondary stimulus-response pathways. Primary and secondary modes of nonassociative learning are distinguished by corresponding activity-dependent recall, or nonassociative gating, of neurotransmission memory. From the perspective of brain computation, nonassociative learning is a form of integral-differential calculus whereas nonassociative gating is a form of Boolean logic operator--both dynamically transforming the stimulus-response relationship. From the perspective of sensory integration, nonassociative gating provides temporal filtering whereas nonassociative learning affords low-pass, high-pass or band-pass/band-stop frequency filtering--effectively creating an intelligent sensory firewall that screens all stimuli for attention and resultant internal model adaptation and reaction. This unified framework ties together many salient characteristics of nonassociative learning and nonassociative gating and suggests a common kernel that correlates with a wide variety of sensorimotor integration behaviors such as central resetting and self-organization of sensory inputs, fail-safe sensorimotor compensation, integral-differential and gated modulation of sensorimotor feedbacks, alarm reaction, novelty detection and selective attention, as well as a variety of mental and neurological disorders such as sensorimotor instability, attention deficit hyperactivity, sensory defensiveness, autism, nonassociative fear and anxiety, schizophrenia, addiction and craving, pain sensitization and phantom sensations, etc.
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- Chi-Sang Poon
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- Entelos, Inc., 110 Marsh Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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Amir R, Kocsis JD, Devor M. Multiple interacting sites of ectopic spike electrogenesis in primary sensory neurons. J Neurosci 2006; 25:2576-85. [PMID: 15758167 PMCID: PMC2605385 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4118-04.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Ectopic discharge generated in injured afferent axons and cell somata in vivo contributes significantly to chronic neuropathic dysesthesia and pain after nerve trauma. Progress has been made toward understanding the processes responsible for this discharge using a preparation consisting of whole excised dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) with the cut nerve attached. In the in vitro preparation, however, spike activity originates in the DRG cell soma but rarely in the axon. We have now overcome this impediment to understanding the overall electrogenic processes in soma and axon, including the resulting discharge patterns, by modifying the bath medium in which recordings are made. At both sites, bursts can be triggered by subthreshold oscillations, a phasic stimulus, or spikes arising elsewhere in the neuron. In the soma, once triggered, bursts are maintained by depolarizing afterpotentials, whereas in the axon, an additional process also plays a role, delayed depolarizing potentials. This alternative process appears to be involved in "clock-like" bursting, a discharge pattern much more common in axons than somata. Ectopic spikes arise alternatively in the soma, the injured axon end (neuroma), and the region of the axonal T-junction. Discharge sequences, and even individual multiplet bursts, may be a mosaic of action potentials that originate at these alternative electrogenic sites within the neuron. Correspondingly, discharge generated at these alternative sites may interact, explaining the sometimes-complex firing patterns observed in vivo.
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- Ron Amir
- Department of Cell and Animal Biology and the Center for Research on Pain, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
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Jensen TS, Hansson PT. Chapter 34 Classification of neuropathic pain syndromes based on symptoms and signs. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2006; 81:517-526. [PMID: 18808856 DOI: 10.1016/s0072-9752(06)80038-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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- Troels S Jensen
- Dept of Surgical Science, Section of Clinical Pain Research and Neurogenic Pain Unit, Pain Center, Dept of Neurosurgery, Karolinska Institute/Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Devor M. Chapter 19 Pathophysiology of nerve injury. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2006; 81:261-IV. [PMID: 18808841 DOI: 10.1016/s0072-9752(06)80023-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Witting N, Kupers RC, Svensson P, Jensen TS. A PET activation study of brush-evoked allodynia in patientswith nerve injury pain. Pain 2006; 120:145-154. [PMID: 16368192 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.10.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2005] [Revised: 10/25/2005] [Accepted: 10/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Acute experimental brush-evoked allodynia induces a cortical activation pattern that differs from that typically seen during experimental nociceptive pain. In this study, we used positron emission tomography to measure changes in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in patients with clinical allodynia. Nine patients with peripheral nerve injury were scanned during rest, brush-evoked allodynia, and brushing of normal contralateral skin. PET data were analyzed for the whole group and for single subjects. Allodynic stimulation activated the contralateral orbitofrontal cortex (BA 11) in every patient. Whereas normal brushing activated most strongly the contralateral insular cortex, allodynic brushing produced an ipsilateral activation in this area. Another important difference between normal and allodynic brushing was the absence of a contralateral primary somatosensory cortex (SI) activation during allodynic brushing. No thalamic activation was observed during allodynic or control brushing. Although no anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) activation could be demonstrated in the group analysis, single subject analysis revealed that four patients activated this region during brush-evoked allodynia. A direct post hoc comparison of brush -and allodynia-induced rCBF changes showed that allodynia was associated with significantly stronger activations in orbitofrontal cortex and ipsilateral insula whereas non-painful brushing more strongly activated SI and BA 5/7. These findings indicate that activity in the cortical network involved in the sensory-discriminative processing of nociceptive pain is downregulated in neuropathic pain. Instead, there is an upregulation of activity in the orbitofrontal and insular cortices, which is probably due to the stronger emotional load of neuropathic pain and higher computational demands of processing a mixed sensation of brush and pain.
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- Nanna Witting
- Department of Neurology and Danish Pain Research Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark CFIN, Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark PET unit and Department of Surgical Pathophysiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark Department of Clinical Oral Physiology, Royal Dental College, Aarhus, Denmark
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Svendsen KB, Jensen TS, Hansen HJ, Bach FW. Sensory function and quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis and pain. Pain 2005; 114:473-481. [PMID: 15777872 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2004] [Revised: 01/05/2005] [Accepted: 01/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Central neuropathic pain is well known in multiple sclerosis (MS), but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. In the present study we studied sensory function in MS patients with pain, MS patients without pain and healthy subjects in order to clarify the role of sensory abnormalities in pain. Fifty MS patients with pain were randomly recruited from a previous epidemiological MS study in Aarhus County, Denmark. Age and gender stratified MS patients without pain (N=50) and healthy subjects (N=50) served as controls. Patients with pain underwent a structured pain interview. Sensory function was examined by bedside and quantitative sensory testing. Quality of life was assessed using the health-related quality of life questionnaire, SF-36. Patients with pain had lower pressure pain threshold than pain-free patients (260 kPa vs. 322 (median), P=0.02) otherwise quantitative sensory testing was similar. Pain patients more frequently had cold allodynia (9/50 vs. 0/50, P=0.003) and abnormal temporal summation (10/48 vs. 3/49, P=0.03). Fifty-eight percent had central pain. Central pain patients did not differ from musculoskeletal pain patients in quantitative sensory testing, but allodynia was more common in MS patients with central pain. Pain patients scored lower in all dimensions of SF-36 compared with pain-free patients and healthy subjects. The results suggest that pain in MS is central in more than half of the patients and is associated with mechanical or thermal hyperalgesia.
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- Kristina Bacher Svendsen
- Danish Pain Research Center, Building 1 A, University Hospital of Aarhus, Noerrebrogade 44, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Aarhus, Noerrebrogade 44, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Seo K, Tanaka Y, Terumitsu M, Someya G. Characterization of different paresthesias following orthognathic surgery of the mandible. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2005; 63:298-303. [PMID: 15742277 DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2004.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Paresthesia is a well known consequence of peripheral nerve injury. However, the neural mechanisms of the 2 recognized types, spontaneous and elicited, are currently unknown. This study aimed to investigate these 2 paresthesias and the possible mechanisms accompanying orthognathic surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS Mechanical-touch thresholds and current perception threshold were measured before and 7 days after surgery in 60 chin sites (mental nerve area) of 30 patients who underwent orthognathic surgery. Similar testing was conducted on healthy volunteers (controls). All sites were classified by the presence or absence of each paresthesia: spontaneous paresthesia or no spontaneous paresthesia, and elicited paresthesia or no elicited paresthesia. Presence or absence analyses were followed-up for 6 weeks after surgery. RESULTS Gender differences and maxillary surgery did not change the incidence of paresthesia during postoperative week 1 (chi-square test, P > .05). A significantly higher mechanical-touch threshold was observed with spontaneous paresthesia compared with no spontaneous paresthesia (Mann-Whitney U-test; P < .05), but not between no elicited paresthesia and elicited paresthesia (Mann-Whitney U-test; P > .05). A significant increase in postsurgery current perception thresholds values compared with presurgery values was observed at 2,000 Hz in spontaneous paresthesia, and at 2,000 and 5 Hz in elicited paresthesia (paired t test, P < .05). The incidence of spontaneous paresthesia decreased more rapidly than elicited, while the latter tended to increase again during the 6-week postsurgical test period. CONCLUSION The results suggested that both spontaneous and elicited paresthesias are associated with damage and dysfunction in myelinated primary afferent fibers, but additional neural mechanisms are implicated during elicited paresthesia.
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- Kenji Seo
- Division of Dental Anesthesiology, Department of Tissue Regeneration and Reconstruction, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan.
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Svendsen KB, Jensen TS, Bach FW. Does the cannabinoid dronabinol reduce central pain in multiple sclerosis? Randomised double blind placebo controlled crossover trial. BMJ 2004; 329:253. [PMID: 15258006 PMCID: PMC498019 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38149.566979.ae] [Citation(s) in RCA: 287] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/12/2004] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of the oral synthetic delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol dronabinol on central neuropathic pain in patients with multiple sclerosis. DESIGN Randomised double blind placebo controlled crossover trial. SETTING Outpatient clinic, University Hospital of Aarhus, Denmark. PARTICIPANTS 24 patients aged between 23 and 55 years with multiple sclerosis and central pain. INTERVENTION Orally administered dronabinol at a maximum dose of 10 mg daily or corresponding placebo for three weeks (15-21 days), separated by a three week washout period. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Median spontaneous pain intensity (numerical rating scale) in the last week of treatment. RESULTS Median spontaneous pain intensity was significantly lower during dronabinol treatment than during placebo treatment (4.0 (25th to 75th centiles 2.3 to 6.0) v 5.0 (4.0 to 6.4), P = 0.02), and median pain relief score (numerical rating scale) was higher (3.0 (0 to 6.7) v> 0 (0 to 2.3), P = 0.035). The number needed to treat for 50% pain relief was 3.5 (95% confidence interval 1.9 to 24.8). On the SF-36 quality of life scale, the two items bodily pain and mental health indicated benefits from active treatment compared with placebo. The number of patients with adverse events was higher during active treatment, especially in the first week of treatment. The functional ability of the multiple sclerosis patients did not change. CONCLUSIONS Dronabinol has a modest but clinically relevant analgesic effect on central pain in patients with multiple sclerosis. Adverse events, including dizziness, were more frequent with dronabinol than with placebo during the first week of treatment.
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- Kristina B Svendsen
- Danish Pain Research Center and Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Noerrebrogade 44, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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