ArticlePloS one2014
Molecular hydrogen attenuates neuropathic pain in mice.
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The Effect of Perioperative Hydrogen Inhalation on Post-operative Pain and Inflammation Cytokines
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Molecular hydrogen therapy in musculoskeletal conditions: An evidence-based review and critical analysis.World journal of orthopedics · 2026Review
- Hydrogen-Rich Water Potentiates Cannabinoid- and Gabapentinoid-Induced Analgesia in Neuropathic Pain.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Sustained-Release Photothermal Microneedles for Postoperative Incisional Analgesia and Wound Healing via Hydrogen Therapy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Noradrenergic Locus Coeruleus-CA3 Activation Alleviates Neuropathic Pain and Anxiety- and Depression-Like Behaviors by Suppressing Microglial Neuroinflammation in SNI Mice.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2025Article
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- Nrf2/HO-1-sulfiredoxin1 pathway involved in nanobubble hydrogen-dissolved water-mediated protective effects by ultrasound-guided early local injection in a rat model of chronic constriction injury-induced neuropathic pain.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2025Article
- Redox reactions in chronic pain: mechanisms and relevance in fibromyalgia.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Combination of Molecular Hydrogen and Heme Oxygenase 1 Effectively Inhibits Neuropathy Caused by Paclitaxel in Mice.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Health Benefits of Electrolyzed Hydrogen Water: Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Effects in Living Organisms.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- A Novel Therapy for Cisplatin-Induced Allodynia and Dysfunctional and Emotional Impairments in Male and Female Mice.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- New Treatment for the Cognitive and Emotional Deficits Linked with Paclitaxel-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Mice.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Treatment with Hydrogen-Rich Water Improves the Nociceptive and Anxio-Depressive-like Behaviors Associated with Chronic Inflammatory Pain in Mice.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Hydrogen-Rich Water as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy for the Affective Disorders Linked with Chronic Neuropathic Pain in Mice.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Molecular Hydrogen Neuroprotection in Post-Ischemic Neurodegeneration in the Form of Alzheimer's Disease Proteinopathy: Underlying Mechanisms and Potential for Clinical Implementation-Fantasy or Reality?International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Activation of locus coeruleus-spinal cord noradrenergic neurons alleviates neuropathic pain in mice via reducing neuroinflammation from astrocytes and microglia in spinal dorsal horn.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2022Article
- The Effects of Nuclear Factor Erythroid 2 (NFE2)-Related Factor 2 (Nrf2) Activation in Preclinical Models of Peripheral Neuropathic Pain.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
Neuropathic pain remains intractable and the development of new therapeutic strategies are urgently required. Accumulating evidence indicates that overproduction of oxidative stress is a key event in the pathogenesis of neuropathic pain. However, repeated intra-peritoneal or intrathecal injections of antioxidants are unsuitable for continuous use in therapy. Here we show a novel therapeutic method against neuropathic pain: drinking water containing molecular hydrogen (H2) as antioxidant. The effect of hydrogen on neuropathic pain was investigated using a partial sciatic nerve ligation model in mice. As indicators of neuropathic pain, temporal aspects of mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia were analysed for 3 weeks after ligation. Mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia were measured using the von Frey test and the plantar test, respectively. When mice were allowed to drink water containing hydrogen at a saturated level ad libitum after ligation, both allodynia and hyperalgesia were alleviated. These symptoms were also alleviated when hydrogen was administered only for the induction phase (from day 0 to 4 after ligation). When hydrogen was administered only for the maintenance phase (from day 4 to 21 after ligation), hyperalgesia but not allodynia was alleviated. Immunohistochemical staining for the oxidative stress marker, 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal and 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine, showed that hydrogen administration suppressed oxidative stress induced by ligation in the spinal cord and the dorsal root ganglion. In conclusion, oral administration of hydrogen water may be useful for alleviating neuropathic pain in a clinical setting.
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