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ReviewFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2025

Neurochemical crossroads: exploring the neurotransmitter network in chronic pain and depression comorbidity.

Min Ma, Yue Zhang, Kunming Tao, Zhijie Lu

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Review in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Min MaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, China.
Yue ZhangDepartment of Anesthesiology, Minhang Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Kunming TaoRenji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Zhijie LuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic pain and depression often co-occur, exhibiting a complex, bidirectional relationship that significantly exacerbates the clinical burden and complicates treatment strategies. Recent studies have identified neurochemical mechanisms as the fundamental biological basis for this interaction. Specifically, the imbalance between excitatory glutamate and inhibitory

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chronic paindepressionendogenous opioid systemexcitatory-inhibitory balanceGABAglutamateneurochemical mechanismsneuropeptides

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PMID41112684
PMCPMC12531203

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