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ReviewHandbook of experimental pharmacology2015

The pharmacology of nociceptor priming.

Ram Kandasamy, Theodore J Price

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Review in Handbook of experimental pharmacology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. Mu-Opioid Receptor (MOR) Dependence of Pain in Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ram KandasamyDepartment of Pharmacology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.
Theodore J Price

Funding

Translation Control of Pain PlasticityR01NS065926 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DALLAS · PI PRICE, THEODORE J. · 2010 to 2023
$5.7M
AMPK ACTIVATORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF POST-SURGICAL PAINR01GM102575 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DALLAS · PI DUSSOR, GREGORY O, PRICE, THEODORE J. · 2013 to 2016
$1.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM102575NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM102575NINDS NIH HHS NS065926NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS065926
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nociceptors and neurons in the central nervous system (CNS) that receive nociceptive input show remarkable plasticity in response to injury. This plasticity is thought to underlie the development of chronic pain states. Hence, further understanding of the molecular mechanisms driving and maintaining this plasticity has the potential to lead to novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of chronic pain states. An important concept in pain plasticity is the presence and persistence of "hyperalgesic priming." This priming arises from an initial injury and results in a remarkable susceptibility to normally subthreshold noxious inputs causing a prolonged pain state in primed animals. Here we describe our current understanding of how this priming is manifested through changes in signaling in the primary nociceptor as well as through memory like alterations at CNS synapses. Moreover, we discuss how commonly utilized analgesics, such as opioids, enhance priming therefore potentially contributing to the development of persistent pain states. Finally we highlight where these priming models draw parallels to common human chronic pain conditions. Collectively, these advances in our understanding of pain plasticity reveal a variety of targets for therapeutic intervention with the potential to reverse rather than palliate chronic pain states.

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AnimalsBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorHumansHyperalgesiaNeuronal PlasticityNociceptorsOpioid PeptidesProtein Kinase C-epsilonReceptors, Opioid, muBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorOpioid PeptidesPRKCE protein, humanProtein Kinase C-epsilonReceptors, Opioid, mu

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PMID25846612
PMCPMC4664473

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