Browsing School of Medicine by Author "McGowan, Fiona"
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Impaired recognition memory and cognitive flexibility in the rat L5-L6 spinal nerve ligation model of neuropathic pain
Moriarty, Orla; Gorman, Claire L.; McGowan, Fiona; Ford, Gemma K.; Roche, Michelle; Thompson, Kerry; Dockery, Peter; McGuire, Brian E.; Finn, David P. (De Gruyter, 2016-01-01)Background and aims: Although neuropathic pain is known to negatively affect cognition, the neural mechanisms involved are poorly understood. Chronic pain is associated with changes in synaptic plasticity in the brain which ... -
N-palmitoylethanolamide in the anterior cingulate cortex attenuates inflammatory pain behaviour indirectly via a CB1 receptor-mediated mechanism
Okine, Bright N.; Madasu, Manish K.; McGowan, Fiona; Prendergast, Charles; Gaspar, Jessica C.; Harhen, Brendan; Roche, Michelle; Finn, David P. (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2016-12)The neural substrates and mechanisms mediating the antinociceptive effects of the endogenous bioactive lipid, N-palmitoylethanolamide (PEA), require further investigation. We investigated the effects of exogenous PEA ... -
The prefrontal cortical endocannabinoid system modulates fear–pain interactions in a subregion‐specific manner
Rea, Kieran; McGowan, Fiona; Corcoran, Louise; Roche, Michelle; Finn, David P. (Wiley, 2018-05-30)Background and Purpose The emotional processing and coordination of top‐down responses to noxious and conditioned aversive stimuli involves the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Evidence suggests that subregions of the ...