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Stress-induced hyperalgesia
(Elsevier, 2014-07-08)
The importance of the modulation of pain by emotion is now widely recognised. In particular, stress and anxiety, depending on their nature, duration and intensity, can exert potent, but complex, modulatory influences ...
Cognitive impairment in patients with chronic neuropathic or radicular pain: An interaction of pain and age
(Frontiers Media, 2017-06-13)
A growing body of empirical research has confirmed an association between chronic pain and cognitive dysfunction. The aim of the present study was to determine whether cognitive function is affected in patients with a ...
Involvement of the endocannabinoid system in attentional modulation of nociceptive behaviour in rats
(Wiley, 2014-11-15)
BackgroundDistraction is used clinically to relieve and manage pain. It is hypothesized that pain demands attention and that exposure to another attention-demanding stimulus causes withdrawal of attention away from painful ...
Genotype-dependent responsivity to inflammatory pain: A role for TRPV1 in the periaqueductal grey
(Elsevier, 2016-08-09)
Negative affective state has a significant impact on pain, and genetic background is an important moderating influence on this interaction. The Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) inbred rat strain exhibits a stress-hyperresponsive, ...
A role for viral infections in Parkinson's etiology?
(Portland Press, 2018-04-16)
Despite over 200 years since its first description by James Parkinson, the cause(s) of most cases of Parkinson’s disease (PD) are yet to be elucidated. The disparity between the current understanding of PD symptomology and ...
Encapsulation of primary dopaminergic neurons in a GDNF-loaded collagen hydrogel increases their survival, re-innervation and function after intra-striatal transplantation
(Nature Research, 2017-11-22)
Poor graft survival limits the use of primary dopaminergic neurons for neural repair in Parkinson's disease. Injectable hydrogels have the potential to significantly improve the outcome of such reparative approaches by ...
Characterization of the affective component of acute postoperative pain associated with a novel rat model of inguinal hernia repair pain
(Wiley, 2015-12-10)
Aims: Acute postoperative pain remains a significant healthcare issue. Historically, the assessment of postoperative pain in rodents has relied on evoked withdrawal or reflexive measures. Using a recently developed, ...
Brain repair for Parkinson's disease: is the answer in the matrix?
(Medknow Publications, 2018-07-13)
Two hundred years after James Parkinson first described the cardinal
motor symptoms of the disorder that would later bear his name, there
is still an irrefutable need for a therapy that targets the underlying
pathophysiology ...
Central CB2 receptors in inflammation-driven neurodegeneration: dysregulation and therapeutic potential
(Medknow Publications, 2016-10-19)
In recent times there has been an intensification of interest in the pathological role of neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative disease. Neuroprotective strategies to slow, halt or reverse neurodegeneration have not proven ...
Supraspinal Transient Receptor Potential Subfamily V Member 1 (TRPV1) in pain and psychiatric disorders
(Karger, 2015)
The transient receptor potential subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1) belongs to the diverse transient receptor potential (TRP) family of cation channels. It was first characterized in primary afferent fibres as a receptor for ...