Neuropathic pain resulting from damage or dysfunction of the nervous system is a highly
debilitating chronic pain state and is often resistant to currently available treatments. It has …

Glia have emerged as key contributors to pathological and chronic pain mechanisms. On
activation, both astrocytes and microglia respond to and release a number of signalling …

Hyperalgesia and allodynia are frequent symptoms of disease and may be useful
adaptations to protect vulnerable tissues. Both may, however, also emerge as diseases in …

Neuropathic pain refers to pain that originates from pathology of the nervous system.
Diabetes, infection (herpes zoster), nerve compression, nerve trauma," channelopathies," …

Microglia, the resident inflammatory cells of the CNS, are the only CNS cells that express the
fractalkine receptor (CX3CR1). Using three different in vivo models, we show that CX3CR1 …

Millions of people worldwide suffer from neuropathic pain as a result of damage to or
dysfunction of the nervous system under various disease conditions. Development of …

Chronic pain resulting from nerve injury, tissue inflammation, and tumor invasion or
treatment, is a major health problem impacting the quality of life and producing a significant …

Neuropathic pain represents a major problem in clinical medicine because it causes
debilitating suffering and is largely resistant to currently available analgesics. A …

This paper advances a psychophysiological systems view of pain in which physical injury, or
wounding, generates a complex stress response that extends beyond the nervous system …

Pain is one of the classical signs of the inflammatory process in which sensitization of the
nociceptors is the common denominator. This sensitization causes hyperalgesia or allodynia …