The role of voltage-gated sodium channels in pain signaling

DL Bennett, AJ Clark, J Huang… - Physiological …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Acute pain signaling has a key protective role and is highly evolutionarily conserved.
Chronic pain, however, is maladaptive, occurring as a consequence of injury and disease …

Mind the gap: from neurons to networks to outcomes in multiple sclerosis

DT Chard, AAS Alahmadi, B Audoin… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
MRI studies have provided valuable insights into the structure and function of neural
networks, particularly in health and in classical neurodegenerative conditions such as …

Nodes of Ranvier during development and repair in the CNS

C Lubetzki, N Sol-Foulon, A Desmazières - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2020 - nature.com
Saltatory conduction of action potentials along myelinated axons depends on the nodes of
Ranvier—small unmyelinated axonal domains where voltage-gated sodium channels are …

Functional connectivity in multiple sclerosis: recent findings and future directions

M Tahedl, SM Levine, MW Greenlee, R Weissert… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Multiple sclerosis is a debilitating disorder resulting from scattered lesions in the central
nervous system. Because of the high variability of the lesion patterns between patients, it is …

Sodium channel Nav1.8: Emerging links to human disease

C Han, J Huang, SG Waxman - Neurology, 2016 - AAN Enterprises
The NaV1. 8 sodium channel, encoded by gene SCN10A, was initially termed sensory
neuron–specific (SNS) due to prominent expression in primary sensory neurons including …

Single-nucleus RNA-seq of normal-appearing brain regions in relapsing-remitting vs. secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: implications for the efficacy of …

Y Kihara, Y Zhu, D Jonnalagadda… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated demyelinating disease that alters central
nervous system (CNS) functions. Relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) is the most common form …

Synaptic pathology in the cerebellar dentate nucleus in chronic multiple sclerosis

M Albert, A Barrantes‐Freer, M Lohrberg… - Brain …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In multiple sclerosis, cerebellar symptoms are associated with clinical impairment and an
increased likelihood of progressive course. Cortical atrophy and synaptic dysfunction play a …

The influence of sodium on pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis

J Zostawa, J Adamczyk, P Sowa… - Neurological …, 2017 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune disease of the central
nervous system, and is an important cause of disability in young adults. In genetically …

Convergent effects of a functional C3 variant on brain atrophy, demyelination, and cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis

T Roostaei, S Sadaghiani, R Mashhadi… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Complement system activation products are present in areas of
neuroinflammation, demyelination, and neurodegeneration in brains of patients with multiple …

Effects of axonal demyelination, inflammatory cytokines and divalent cation chelators on thalamic HCN channels and oscillatory bursting

T Oniani, L Vinnenberg, R Chaudhary… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that is
characterized by the progressive loss of oligodendrocytes and myelin and is associated with …