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ReviewIBRO neuroscience reports2025

A systematic review of the pain-related emotional and cognitive impairments in chronic inflammatory pain induced by CFA injection and its mechanism.

Naixuan Wei, Zi Guo, Ru Ye, Lu Guan, Junhui Ren, Yi Liang, Xiaomei Shao, Jianqiao Fang, Junfan Fang, Junying Du

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Review in IBRO neuroscience reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 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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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Naixuan WeiDepartment of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Zi GuoDepartment of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Ru YeDepartment of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Lu GuanDepartment of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Junhui RenDepartment of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Yi LiangDepartment of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Xiaomei ShaoDepartment of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Jianqiao FangDepartment of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Junfan FangDepartment of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Junying DuDepartment of Neurobiology and Acupuncture Research, The Third School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emotional and cognitive impairments are comorbidities commonly associated with chronic inflammatory pain. To summarize the rules and mechanisms of comorbidities in a complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA)-induced pain model, we conducted a systematic review of 66 experimental studies identified in a search of three databases (PubMed, Web of Science, and ScienceDirect). Anxiety-like behaviors developed at 1- or 3-days post-CFA induction but also appeared between 2- and 4 weeks post-induction. Pain aversion, pain depression, and cognitive impairments were primarily observed within 2 weeks, 4 weeks, and 2-4 weeks post-CFA injection, respectively. The potential mechanisms underlying the comorbidities between pain and anxiety predominantly involved heightened neuronal excitability, enhanced excitatory synaptic transmission, and neuroinflammation of anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and amygdala. The primary somatosensory cortex (S1)

Indexed as

AnxietyChronic inflammatory painCognitive impairmentComorbidityComplete Freund’s adjuvantDepressionPotential mechanism

Identifiers

PMID40124113
PMCPMC11929881

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