ReviewNeural plasticity2022
Current Understanding of the Neural Circuitry in the Comorbidity of Chronic Pain and Anxiety.
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- Time-Restricted Feeding Alters Behavior in a Sex-Specific Manner in Mice With Neuropathic Pain.Molecular nutrition & food research · 2026Article
- Frequency-Dependent Effects of Transauricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Alleviating Visceral Hypersensitivity: Involvement of the Nesfatin-1/CRF/CRF1R Pathway.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2026Article
- Hippocampal Neuronal Ferroptosis Driven by Lipocalin-2 Mediates Comorbid Visceral Pain and Anxiety in Irritable Bowel Syndrome.Molecular neurobiology · 2026Article
- Dorsal root ganglion neuromodulation restores accumbal gate to inhibit mechanical allodynia.The journal of headache and pain · 2026Article
- Distinct CaMKII neurons in anterior cingulate cortex regulate anxiety-like behavior and appetite suppression in a model of inflammatory pain.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- Risk of anxiety disorder following ankylosing spondylitis, 2012-2023: a nationwide cohort study in South Korea.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- The Impact of Falls on Depressive Symptoms in Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults: Mediating Effects of Pain.Psychology research and behavior management · 2026Article
- Multi-regional transcriptomic analysis reveals early nociceptive and neuroinflammatory alterations in APP/PS1 mice.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
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- Circuit-selective pharmacological targeting of prefrontal cortex-projecting locus coeruleus neurons drives antinociception.Cell reports · 2025Article
- Astrocyte inhibition and PV interneuron activation: key mechanisms in electroacupuncture's effect on pain-anxiety comorbidity.Chinese medicine · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Signs and Symptoms of Temporomandibular Disorders and Their Association with Emotional Factors and Waking-State Oral Behaviors on University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- 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
- Upregulation of NR2B Subunits of NMDA Receptors in the Lateral Parabrachial Nucleus Contributes to Chronic Pancreatitis Pain.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2025Article
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Abstract
Chronic pain patients often develop mental disorders, and anxiety disorders are common. We hypothesize that the comorbid anxiety results from an imbalance between the reward and antireward system due to persistent pain, which leads to the dysfunction of the pain and anxiety regulatory system. In this review, we will focus on changes in neuroplasticity, especially in neural circuits, during chronic pain and anxiety as observed in animal studies. Several neural circuits within specific regions of the brain, including the nucleus accumbens, lateral habenular, parabrachial nucleus, medial septum, anterior cingulate cortex, amygdala, hippocampus, medial prefrontal cortex, and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, will be discussed based on novel findings after chemogenetic or optogenetic manipulation. We believe that these animal studies provide novel insights into human conditions and can guide clinical practice.
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