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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

Mechanisms of Transmission and Processing of Pain: A Narrative Review.

Girolamo Di Maio, Ines Villano, Ciro Rosario Ilardi, Antonietta Messina, Vincenzo Monda, Ashlei Clara Iodice, Chiara Porro, Maria Antonietta Panaro, Sergio Chieffi, Giovanni Messina and 2 more

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Girolamo Di MaioDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6305-2092
Ines VillanoDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1755-358X
Ciro Rosario IlardiDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4328-4739
Antonietta MessinaDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy.
Vincenzo MondaDepartment of Movement Sciences and Wellbeing, University of Naples "Parthenope", 80133 Naples, Italy.
Ashlei Clara IodiceDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy.
Chiara PorroDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Viale Pinto, 71100 Foggia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7526-6968
Maria Antonietta PanaroDepartment of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5457-1069
Sergio ChieffiDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy.
Giovanni MessinaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Viale Pinto, 71100 Foggia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0011-867X
Marcellino MondaDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7184-218X
Marco La MarraDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7488-8493
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · ITUniversity of Foggia · ITParthenope University of Naples · ITUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Knowledge about the mechanisms of transmission and the processing of nociceptive information, both in healthy and pathological states, has greatly expanded in recent years. This rapid progress is due to a multidisciplinary approach involving the simultaneous use of different branches of study, such as systems neurobiology, behavioral analysis, genetics, and cell and molecular techniques. This narrative review aims to clarify the mechanisms of transmission and the processing of pain while also taking into account the characteristics and properties of nociceptors and how the immune system influences pain perception. Moreover, several important aspects of this crucial theme of human life will be discussed. Nociceptor neurons and the immune system play a key role in pain and inflammation. The interactions between the immune system and nociceptors occur within peripheral sites of injury and the central nervous system. The modulation of nociceptor activity or chemical mediators may provide promising novel approaches to the treatment of pain and chronic inflammatory disease. The sensory nervous system is fundamental in the modulation of the host's protective response, and understanding its interactions is pivotal in the process of revealing new strategies for the treatment of pain.

Indexed as

NociceptorsPainCentral Nervous SystemChronic DiseaseHumansImmune Systeminflammatory diseasesneurobiologyneuronsnociceptive informationpain

Identifiers

PMID36833753
PMCPMC9964506
OpenAlexW4319983239

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