A translational approach for understanding hyperalgesia: What has the high-frequency electrical stimulation model taught us?

Autor: van den Broeke EN; Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of neurophysiology [J Neurophysiol] 2024 Dec 01; Vol. 132 (6), pp. 1820-1822. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 30.
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00407.2024
Abstrakt: This Mini-Review is based on the following article: Meijs S, Andreis FR, Janjua TAM, Graven-Nielsen T, Jensen W. High-frequency electrical stimulation increases cortical excitability and mechanical sensitivity in a chronic large animal model. Pain . August 13, 2024. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003354. High-frequency electrical stimulation (HFS) of C-fiber nociceptors induces long-term potentiation (LTP) at the first spinal synapse. This spinal LTP is believed to play a role in the amplification of pain. However, the effects of HFS are probably not restricted to the spinal cord. This study by Meijs et al. (2024) showed that HFS increases cortical responses to noxious stimuli in a porcine model. Are these increased cortical responses a correlate of spinal LTP and do we observe the same in humans?
Databáze: MEDLINE