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Both systemic Calcitonin Gene Related Peptide (CGRP) and a vestibular challenge promote anxiety-related behaviors and dynamic imbalance in mice.

Motion-induced anxiety and agoraphobia are more frequent symptoms in patients with vestibular migraine than migraine without vertigo. The neuropeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a therapeutic target for migraine and […]

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Neuron-dependent tuft cell expansion initiates sinonasal allergic Type 2 inflammation.

It is unknown whether interactions between tuft cells and trigeminal sinonasal neurons contribute to allergic disease. Intranasal administration of house dust mite or fungal allergens induced tuft cell expansion, eosinophilia, […]

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Spared nerve injury causes motor phenotypes unrelated to pain in mice.

Most animal models of neuropathic pain use targeted nerve injuries quantified with motor reflexive measures in response to an applied noxious stimulus. These motor reflexive measures can only accurately represent […]

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Emergent epileptiform activity drives spinal sensory circuits to generate ectopic bursting in intraspinal afferent axons after cord injury.

Spinal cord injury ( ) leads to hyperexcitability and dysfunction in spinal sensory processing. As hyperexcitable circuits can become epileptiform elsewhere, we explored whether such activity emerges in spinal sensory […]

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Identifying Stress-Exacerbated Thermal-Injury Induced microRNAs.

Using a model of Combat and Operational Stress Reaction (COSR), our lab recently showed that exposure to an unpredictable combat stress (UPCS) procedure prior to a thermal injury increases pain […]

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Integrated analysis reveals Atf3 promotes neuropathic pain via orchestrating JunB mediated release of inflammatory cytokines in DRG macrophage.

The dorsal root ganglion (DRG) is actively involved in the development of neuropathic pain (NP), serving as an intermediate station for pain signals from the peripheral nervous system to the […]

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Tumor necrosis factor-α-induced protein 8-like 2 alleviates morphine antinociceptive tolerance through reduction of ROS-mediated apoptosis and MAPK/NF-κB signaling pathways.

Chronic morphine tolerance is a repulsive barrier to the clinical treatment of pain. Whereas the underlying molecular mechanisms of morphine tolerance remain unknown. Here, we proposed that tumor necrosis factor-α-induced […]

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A model of neurovascular coupling and its application to cortical spreading depolarization.

Cortical spreading depolarization (CSD) is a neuropathological condition involving propagating waves of neuronal silence, and is related to multiple diseases, such as migraine aura, traumatic brain injury (TBI), stroke, and […]

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A COX-2 Inhibitor Does Not Interfere With the Bone-Protective Effects of Loading in Male Mice With Arthritis.

Mechanical loading enhances bone strength and counteracts arthritis-induced inflammation-mediated bone loss in female mice. It is unknown whether nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs; eg, COX-2 inhibitors) can reduce inflammation without affecting […]

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Adipose-derived stem cells modulate neuroinflammation and improve functional recovery in chronic constriction injury of the rat sciatic nerve.

Compressive neuropathy, a common chronic traumatic injury of peripheral nerves, leads to variable impairment in sensory and motor function. Clinical symptoms persist in a significant portion of patients despite decompression, […]

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