ReviewCurrent opinion in supportive and palliative care2016
What do monoamines do in pain modulation?
Review in Current opinion in supportive and palliative care, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05896878 (The Effects of Daily Anti-inflammatory Supplementation on Foundation Pain Index Scores in Chronic Opiate Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 57 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Effects of Daily Anti-inflammatory Supplementation on Foundation Pain Index Scores in Chronic Opiate Patients
Who cites it
57 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 128 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Molecular mechanism governing the plasticity of use-dependent spike broadening in dorsal root ganglion neurons.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Monoamine-Uptake Inhibitors and Pain: Antidepressant Drugs Among First-Line Treatments Against Neuropathic Pain and Fibromyalgia.Advances in neurobiology · 2025Review
- Evidence for therapeutic use of cannabidiol for nail-patella syndrome-induced pain in a real-world pilot study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The Role of the Insular Cortex and Serotonergic System in the Modulation of Long-Lasting Nociception.Cells · 2024Article
- Astrocyte D1/D5 Dopamine Receptors Govern Non-Hebbian Long-Term Potentiation at Sensory Synapses onto Lamina I Spinoparabrachial Neurons.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024Article
- Centralizing the Knowledge and Interpretation of Pain in Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: A Paradigm Shift towards Brain-Centric Approaches.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Bioactive Components of Areca Nut: An Overview of Their Positive Impacts Targeting Different Organs.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Unravelling Impaired Hypoalgesia at Rest and in Response to Exercise in Patients with Chronic Whiplash-Associated Disorders: Effects of a Single Administration of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor versus Selective Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewHere, we give a topical overview of the ways in which brain processing can alter spinal pain transmission through descending control pathways, and how these change in pain states. We link preclinical findings on the transmitter systems involved and discuss how the monoamines, noradrenaline, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), and dopamine, can interact through inhibitory and excitatory pathways. RECENT
findingsDescending pathways control sensory events and the actions of the neurotransmitters noradrenaline and 5-HT in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord are chiefly implicated in nociception or antinociception according to the receptor that is activated. Abnormalities in descending controls effect central pain processing. Following nerve injury a noradrenaline-mediated control of spinal excitability is lost, whereas its restoration reduces neuropathic hypersensitivity. The story with 5-HT remains more complex because of the myriad of receptors that it can act upon; however the most recent findings support that facilitations may dominate over inhibitions. SUMMARY: The monoaminergic system can be manipulated to great effect in the clinic resulting in improved treatment outcomes and is the basis for the actions of the antidepressant drugs in pain. Looking to the future, prediction of treatment responses will possible by monitoring a form of inhibitory descending control for optimized pain relief.
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