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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2023

The disruptive relationship among circadian rhythms, pain, and opioids.

Jacob R Bumgarner, Evan W McCray, Randy J Nelson

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. The interplay of circadian rhythms and cancer pain: a narrative review.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2026
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  6. Alcohol and Opioids Modulate Excitatory Inputs to the SCN.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  14. At the Intersection of Pain and Sleep: a Roadmap for Preclinical Pain Research.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jacob R BumgarnerDepartment of Neuroscience, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States.
Evan W McCrayDepartment of Neuroscience, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States.
Randy J NelsonDepartment of Neuroscience, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States.
Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute · USWest Virginia University · US

Funding

West Virginia IDEA-CTRU54GM104942 · NIGMS · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI Stephenie Kay Kennedy-Rea · 2012 to 2026
$81.0M
Effects of Light at Night and Disrupted Circadian Rhythms on PainR21AT011238 · NCCIH · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI NELSON, RANDY J. · 2021 to 2022
$418k
NCCIH NIH HHS R21 AT011238NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM104942
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pain behavior and the systems that mediate opioid analgesia and opioid reward processing display circadian rhythms. Moreover, the pain system and opioid processing systems, including the mesolimbic reward circuitry, reciprocally interact with the circadian system. Recent work has demonstrated the disruptive relationship among these three systems. Disruption of circadian rhythms can exacerbate pain behavior and modulate opioid processing, and pain and opioids can influence circadian rhythms. This review highlights evidence demonstrating the relationship among the circadian, pain, and opioid systems. Evidence of how disruption of one of these systems can lead to reciprocal disruptions of the other is then reviewed. Finally, we discuss the interconnected nature of these systems to emphasize the importance of their interactions in therapeutic contexts.

Indexed as

circadian rhythm disruptioncircadian rhythmsopioid analgesiaopioidspain

Identifiers

PMID36875657
PMCPMC9975345
OpenAlexW4320919578

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