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Strain and sex-related behavioral variability of oxycodone dependence in rats.

Over the past two decades, the escalating prescription of opioid medications for pain management has culminated in a widespread opioid epidemic, significantly impacting public health, social dynamics, and economic stability. […]

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SICKNESS ABSENCE AND DISABILITY PENSION AMONG PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PAIN IN INTERDISCIPLINARY TREATMENT OR UNSPECIFIED INTERVENTIONS.

Interdisciplinary treatment is a widely implemented strategy for the rehabilitation of patients with chronic pain. A primary treatment objective is to decrease the load on the social insurance system; however, […]

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Task-dependent functional connectivity of pain is associated with the magnitude of placebo analgesia in pain-free individuals.

Task-based functional connectivity (FC) of pain-related regions resulting from expectancy-based placebo induction has yet to be examined, limiting our understanding of regions and networks associated with placebo analgesia.

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‘Power to the People, to the people’: Training for social prescribers improves support of persistent pain.

Supported self-management is an important aspect of managing pain, however widely held beliefs about the biomedical nature of pain and limited time availability can make it a tricky concept to […]

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Psychological Factors and Pain Medication Use in Adolescents with Chronic Pain.

The purpose of this study was to examine (1) the associations between anxiety, depressive symptoms, and pain catastrophizing with pain medication use in adolescents with chronic pain; and (2) the […]

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Brain-to-brain mechanisms underlying pain empathy and social modulation of pain in the patient-clinician interaction.

Social interactions such as the patient-clinician encounter can influence pain, but the underlying dynamic interbrain processes are unclear. Here, we investigated the dynamic brain processes supporting social modulation of pain […]

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Impaired Ventrolateral Periaqueductal Gray-Ventral Tegmental area Pathway Contributes to Chronic Pain-Induced Depression-Like Behavior in Mice.

Chronic pain conditions within clinical populations are correlated with a high incidence of depression, and researchers have reported their high rate of comorbidity. Clinically, chronic pain worsens the prevalence of […]

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Perioperative insomnia trajectories and functional outcomes after total knee arthroplasty.

Longitudinal total knee arthroplasty (TKA) studies indicate that a substantial percentage of patients continue to experience clinically significant pain and functional impairment after surgery. Insomnia has been associated with poorer […]

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The effects of high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation on pain modulation and stress-induced hyperalgesia.

The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) has been implicated in the modulation of pain-related signals. Given this involvement, manipulation of the DLPFC through transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) may influence internal […]

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A Comparison of Social Exclusion Towards People with Depression or Chronic Back Pain.

Research comparing mental and physical health stigma is scarce. The aim of this study was to compare social exclusion towards hypothetical males and females with depression or chronic back pain. […]

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