Mechanisms of bone pain: Progress in research from bench to bedside

G Zhen, Y Fu, C Zhang, NC Ford, X Wu, Q Wu, D Yan… - Bone Research, 2022 - nature.com
The field of research on pain originating from various bone diseases is expanding rapidly,
with new mechanisms and targets asserting both peripheral and central sites of action. The …

Recent advances in pain management based on nanoparticle technologies

S Babaie, A Taghvimi, JH Hong… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Pain is a vital sense that indicates the risk of injury at a particular body part.
Successful control of pain is the principal aspect in medical treatment. In recent years, the …

Human birth tissue products as a non-opioid medicine to inhibit post-surgical pain

C Zhang, Q Huang, NC Ford, N Limjunyawong, Q Lin… - eLife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Pain after surgery causes significant suffering. Opioid analgesics cause severe side effects
and accidental death. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop non-opioid therapies for …

Loperamide, a peripheral Mu-Opioid receptor agonist, attenuates chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain in rats

A Gadepalli, O Ummadisetty, D Chouhan… - International …, 2023 - Elsevier
Opioids are employed in the management of chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain
(CINP) when other pain management approaches have failed and proven ineffective …

John J. Bonica Award Lecture: Peripheral neuronal hyperexcitability: the “low-hanging” target for safe therapeutic strategies in neuropathic pain

SN Raja, M Ringkamp, Y Guan, JN Campbell - Pain, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Neuropathic pain (NP) results from injury to or disease of the somatosensory system. It is
estimated that approximately 7% to 10% of the population and 25% to 30% of individuals …

Activation of µ-δ opioid receptor heteromers inhibits neuropathic pain behavior in rodents

V Tiwari, SQ He, Q Huang, L Liang, F Yang, Z Chen… - Pain, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Several reports support the idea that m-and d-opioid receptors (ORs) may exist as
heterodimers in brain regions involved in pain signaling. The unique pharmacology of these …

Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2016

RJ Bodnar - Peptides, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper is the thirty-ninth consecutive installment of the annual review of research
concerning the endogenous opioid system. It summarizes papers published during 2016 …

Analgesic opioid ligand discovery based on nonmorphinan scaffolds derived from natural sources

MT Smith, D Kong, A Kuo, MZ Imam… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Strong opioid analgesics, including morphine, are the mainstays for treating moderate to
severe acute pain and alleviating chronic cancer pain. However, opioid-related adverse …

Sex differences in gene regulation in the dorsal root ganglion after nerve injury

KE Stephens, W Zhou, Z Ji, Z Chen, S He, H Ji, Y Guan… - BMC genomics, 2019 - Springer
Background Pain is a subjective experience derived from complex interactions among
biological, environmental, and psychosocial pathways. Sex differences in pain sensitivity …

Astaxanthin ameliorates behavioral and biochemical alterations in in-vitro and in-vivo model of neuropathic pain

K Sharma, D Sharma, M Sharma, N Sharma, P Bidve… - Neuroscience …, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite considerable advances in understanding mechanisms involved in chronic pain,
effective treatment remains limited. Astaxanthin, a marine natural drug, having potent anti …