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ArticleBrain and behavior2016

Pathological nociceptors in two patients with erythromelalgia-like symptoms and rare genetic Nav 1.9 variants.

Inge P Kleggetveit, Roland Schmidt, Barbara Namer, Hugh Salter, Tormod Helås, Martin Schmelz, Ellen Jørum

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Article in Brain and behavior, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Inge P KleggetveitSection of Clinical Neurophysiology Department of Neurology Oslo University Hospital-Rikshospitalet Oslo Norway.
Roland SchmidtDepartment of Clinical Neurophysiology Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden.
Barbara NamerInstitute of Physiology and Pathophysiology Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Erlangen Germany.
Hugh SalterAstraZeneca Translational Science Centre Department of Clinical Neuroscience Karolinska Institutet Solna Sweden.
Tormod HelåsSection of Clinical Neurophysiology Department of Neurology Oslo University Hospital-Rikshospitalet Oslo Norway.
Martin SchmelzDepartment of Anesthesiology Mannheim Heidelberg University Mannheim Germany.
Ellen JørumSection of Clinical Neurophysiology Department of Neurology Oslo University Hospital-Rikshospitalet Oslo Norway.
Oslo University Hospital · NOFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DEHeidelberg University · DEKarolinska Institutet · SEUppsala University · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe sodium channel Nav 1.9 is expressed in peripheral nociceptors and has recently been linked to human pain conditions, but the exact role of Nav 1.9 for human nociceptor excitability is still unclear.

methodsC-nociceptors from two patients with late onset of erythromelalgia-like pain, signs of small fiber neuropathy, and rare genetic variants of Nav 1.9 (N1169S, I1293V) were assessed by microneurography.

resultsCompared with patients with comparable pain phenotypes (erythromelalgia-like pain without Nav-mutations and painful polyneuropathy), there was a tendency toward more activity-dependent slowing of conduction velocity in mechanoinsensitive C-nociceptors. Hyperexcitability to heating and electrical stimulation were seen in some nociceptors, and other unspecific signs of increased excitability, including spontaneous activity and mechanical sensitization, were also observed.

conclusionsAlthough the functional roles of these genetic variants are still unknown, the microneurography findings may be compatible with increased C-nociceptor excitability based on increased Nav 1.9 function.

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NociceptorsErythromelalgiaFemaleHumansMiddle AgedNAV1.9 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelNAV1.9 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelSCN11A protein, humanmicroneurographynociceptorspain

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PMID27781142
PMCPMC5064340
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