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ReviewNeuron2012

Deconstructing the neuropathic pain phenotype to reveal neural mechanisms.

Christian A von Hehn, Ralf Baron, Clifford J Woolf

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In one paragraph

Review in Neuron, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06030297 (Diode Laser as a Biomarker for Neuropathic Pain of Peripheral Origin.), which is not on this map. Cited by 365 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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365citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06030297 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Diode Laser as a Biomarker for Neuropathic Pain of Peripheral Origin.

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of UtahRan2023 to 2026Enrolled75ConditionsPeripheral NeuropathyArmsDiode Laser fiber type Selective Stimulator, ZTlido 1.8 % Topical System, PeriCam PSI NR, Medoc Quantitative Sensory Testing, Inactive Topical System
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

365 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pregabalin for neuropathic pain in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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  3. Cannabis-based medicines for chronic neuropathic pain in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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  8. Glial cells in neuropathic pain.Physiological reviews · 2026
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  14. Personalizing treatment of pancreatitis-associated chronic pain: the need for an integrated omics approach.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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  15. Spinal Processing of Spatiotemporally Diverse Tactile Stimuli: Computational Insights into Allodynia and Spinal Cord Stimulation.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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305 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Christian A von HehnFM Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children's Hospital Boston, and Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Ralf Baron
Clifford J Woolf

Funding

ALTERED SENSIBILITY FOLLOWING PERIPHERAL NERVE DAMAGER01NS038253 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI WOOLF, CLIFFORD J · 1999 to 2017
$8.2M
Supplement request for Training GrantT32NS007473 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI Elizabeth C. Engle, Thomas L. Schwarz · 1999 to 2026
$6.9M
Tetrahydrobiopterin and painR01NS058870 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI WOOLF, CLIFFORD J · 2008 to 2012
$2.0M
NINDS NIH HHS NS038253NINDS NIH HHS NS058870NINDS NIH HHS NS747313NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS038253NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS058870NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS007473
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

After nerve injury maladaptive changes can occur in injured sensory neurons and along the entire nociceptive pathway within the CNS, which may lead to spontaneous pain or pain hypersensitivity. The resulting neuropathic pain syndromes present as a complex combination of negative and positive symptoms, which vary enormously from individual to individual. This variation depends on a diversity of underlying pathophysiological changes resulting from the convergence of etiological, genotypic, and environmental factors. The pain phenotype can serve therefore, as a window on underlying pathophysiological neural mechanisms and as a guide for developing personalized pain medicine.

Indexed as

Afferent PathwaysPhenotypeHumansModels, BiologicalNeuralgiaPain MeasurementPain ThresholdPeripheral Nerves

Identifiers

PMID22365541
PMCPMC3319438

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