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ReviewInternational review of neurobiology2011

The role of trigeminal interpolaris-caudalis transition zone in persistent orofacial pain.

Ke Ren, Ronald Dubner

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Review in International review of neurobiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
19.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A Tac1-Expressing Brainstem Pathway Underlies the Pathogenesis of Trigeminal Neuralgia.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  4. Inhibitory action of citronellol on the substantia gelatinosa neurons of the trigeminal subnucleus caudalis in juvenile mice.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2025
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  6. Naringenin modulates GABA mediated response in a sexdependent manner in substantia gelatinosa neurons of trigeminal subnucleus caudalis in immature mice.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2024
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  9. Direct and Indirect Nociceptive Input from the Trigeminal Dorsal Horn to Pain-Modulating Neurons in the Rostral Ventromedial Medulla.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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  13. Glia and Orofacial Pain: Progress and Future Directions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  18. Inhibitory actions of borneol on the substantia gelatinosa neurons of the trigeminal subnucleus caudalis in mice.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ke RenDepartment of Neural and Pain Sciences, Dental School; & Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201-1586, USA.
Ronald Dubner
University of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

MECHANISMS OF PERSISTENT TEMPOROMANDIBULAR PAINR01DE011964 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI REN, KE · 1996 to 2011
$3.4M
Glial-cytokine-neuronal interactions in the mechanisms of persistent painR01NS060735 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI REN, KE · 2008 to 2012
$1.6M
Descending modulation of behavioral hyperalgesia after injuryR01NS059028 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI DUBNER, RONALD · 2007 to 2011
$1.6M
NIDCR NIH HHS DE11964NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE011964NINDS NIH HHS NS059028NINDS NIH HHS NS060735NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS059028NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS060735
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies have established the role of the medullary dorsal horn or the subnucleus caudalis of the spinal trigeminal complex, a homolog of the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, in trigeminal pain processing. In addition to the medullary dorsal horn, recent studies have pointed out increased excitability and sensitization of trigeminal interpolaris and caudalis transition zone (Vi/Vc) following deep orofacial injury, involving neuron-glia-cytokine interactions. The Vi/Vc transition zone accesses rostral brain regions that are important for descending pain modulation, and somatovisceral and somatoautonomic processing and plays a unique role in coordinating trigeminal nocifensive responses.

Indexed as

Afferent PathwaysAnimalsCytokinesFacial PainHumansMasseter MuscleNerve NetNociceptorsReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSensory Receptor CellsTrigeminal Caudal NucleusCytokinesReceptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate

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PMID21708312
PMCPMC3257052
OpenAlexW1533750171

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