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ReviewThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2020

Sculpting Dendritic Spines during Initiation and Maintenance of Neuropathic Pain.

Harrison J Stratton, Rajesh Khanna

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Review in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Caudal Granular Insular Cortex to Somatosensory Cortex I: A Critical Pathway for the Transition of Acute to Chronic Pain.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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  7. LUZP1 Regulates Dendritic Spine Maturation and Synaptic Plasticity in the Hippocampal Dentate Gyrus of Mice.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  13. Conditional Astrocyte Rac1KO Attenuates Hyperreflexia after Spinal Cord Injury.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Harrison J StrattonDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85724.ORCID 0000-0001-7021-853X
Rajesh KhannaDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85724 rkhanna@arizona.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9066-2969
University of Arizona · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accumulating evidence has established a firm role for synaptic plasticity in the pathogenesis of neuropathic pain. Recent advances have highlighted the importance of dendritic spine remodeling in driving synaptic plasticity within the CNS. Identifying the molecular players underlying neuropathic pain induced structural and functional maladaptation is therefore critical to understanding its pathophysiology. This process of dynamic reorganization happens in unique phases that have diverse pathologic underpinnings in the initiation and maintenance of neuropathic pain. Recent evidence suggests that pharmacological targeting of specific proteins during distinct phases of neuropathic pain development produces enhanced antinociception. These findings outline a potential new paradigm for targeted treatment and the development of novel therapies for neuropathic pain. We present a concise review of the role of dendritic spines in neuropathic pain and outline the potential for modulation of spine dynamics by targeting two proteins, srGAP3 and Rac1, critically involved in the regulation of the actin cytoskeleton.

Indexed as

AnimalsDendritic SpinesHumansNeuralgiaNeuronal PlasticityNociception

Identifiers

PMID32998955
PMCPMC7531544
OpenAlexW3091321512

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