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ReviewBiomedicines2022

Synaptic Plasticity in the Pain-Related Cingulate and Insular Cortex.

Jung-Hyun Alex Lee, Qiyu Chen, Min Zhuo

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Review in Biomedicines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jung-Hyun Alex LeeDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Medical Science Building, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7303-690X
Qiyu ChenInstitute of Brain Research, Qingdao International Academician Park, Qingdao 266199, China.
Min ZhuoDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Medical Science Building, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada.

Funding

CIHR PJT-148648, PJT-419286
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cumulative animal and human studies have consistently demonstrated that two major cortical regions in the brain, namely the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and insular cortex (IC), play critical roles in pain perception and chronic pain. Neuronal synapses in these cortical regions of adult animals are highly plastic and can undergo long-term potentiation (LTP), a phenomenon that is also reported in brain areas for learning and memory (such as the hippocampus). Genetic and pharmacological studies show that inhibiting such cortical LTP can help to reduce behavioral sensitization caused by injury as well as injury-induced emotional changes. In this review, we will summarize recent progress related to synaptic mechanisms for different forms of cortical LTP and their possible contribution to behavioral pain and emotional changes.

Indexed as

anterior cingulate cortexchronic painlong-term potentiationneuropathic painsynaptic plasticity

Identifiers

PMID36359264
PMCPMC9687873

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