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Paradoxically, while acute pain leads to transiently elevated corticosterone, chronic pain does not result in persistently elevated corticosterone. In the sciatic nerve chronic constriction injury (CCI) model of chronic pain, […]
Learn More >Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common functional gastrointestinal disorders worldwide, characterized by chronic abdominal pain or discomfort and altered bowel habits. To date, the exact pathogenesis […]
Learn More >Exercise prevents chronic diseases and modulates pain. People experiencing pain often use opioids for relief, increasing the risk of prescription opioid misuse. Nonetheless, exercise may influence prescription opioid misuse through […]
Learn More >Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is one of the most common causes of facial pain. Microvascular decompression (MVD) is the first-choice surgical treatment. The present study aimed to develop a novel practical […]
Learn More >Brain gray matter alterations in patients with trigeminal neuralgia (TN) have been detected in prior neuroimaging studies, but the results are heterogeneous. The current study conducted coordinate-based meta-analyses across neuroimaging […]
Learn More >Opiates produce analgesia via G-protein signaling, and adverse effects, such as respiratory depression and decreased bowel motility, by β-arrestin pathway. Oliceridine, a G protein-biased MOR agonist, only presents modest safety […]
Learn More >Existing clinical treatments for tendinopathy mainly focus on reducing pain, whereas inhibiting or reversing disease progression remains challenging. Local therapeutic drugs, such as glucocorticoids, cause adverse effects on the metabolism […]
Learn More >Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder/Genito-Pelvic Dysesthesia (PGAD/GPD), which affects up to 4.3% of individuals, is a distressing and poorly understood condition characterized by persistent, unwanted, and often painful sensations of genito-pelvic […]
Learn More >This study investigates the effects of repetitive pinprick stimulation on preterm offspring and its impact on nociceptive responses and inflammatory hypersensitivity in adulthood.
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