Neuropathic pain: aetiology, symptoms, mechanisms, and management

Neuronal plasticity: Increasing the gain in pain

Woolf, C. J., & Salter, M. W. (2000) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.288.5472.1765 · Cited by 3,781

Physiology of Microglia

Kettenmann, H., Hanisch, U.-K., Noda, M., & Verkhratsky, A. (2011) · Physiological Reviews · doi:10.1152/physrev.00011.2010 · Cited by 3,547

Descending control of pain

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Neuropathic Pain: A Maladaptive Response of the Nervous System to Damage

Costigan, M., Scholz, J., & Woolf, C. J. (2009) · Annual Review of Neuroscience · doi:10.1146/annurev.neuro.051508.135531 · Cited by 2,025

Incidence, prevalence, and predictors of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Seretny, M., Currie, G. L., Sena, E. S., Ramnarine, S., Grant, R., MacLeod, M. R., Colvin, L. A., & Fallon, M. (2014) · Pain · doi:10.1016/j.pain.2014.09.020 · Cited by 1,555

Development and validation of the Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory

Bouhassira, D., Attal, N., Fermanian, J., Alchaar, H., Gautron, M., Masquelier, E., Rostaing, S., Lanteri-Minet, M., Collin, E., Grisart, J., et al. (2004) · Pain · doi:10.1016/j.pain.2003.12.024 · Cited by 1,329

Allodynia and hyperalgesia in neuropathic pain: clinical manifestations and mechanisms

Jensen, T. S., & Finnerup, N. B. (2014) · The Lancet Neurology · doi:10.1016/s1474-4422(14)70102-4 · Cited by 976

Disease variant prediction with deep generative models of evolutionary data

Frazer, J., Notin, P., Dias, M., Gomez, A., Min, J. K., Brock, K., Gal, Y., & Marks, D. S. (2021) · Nature · doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04043-8 · Cited by 791

The effect of oxcarbazepine in peripheral neuropathic pain depends on pain phenotype: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phenotype-stratified study

Demant, D. T., Lund, K., Vollert, J., Maier, C., Segerdahl, M., Finnerup, N. B., Jensen, T. S., & Sindrup, S. H. (2014) · Pain · doi:10.1016/j.pain.2014.08.014 · Cited by 440

Analgesic Effect of the Synthetic Cannabinoid CT-3 on Chronic Neuropathic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Karst, M., Salim, K., Burstein, S., Conrad, I., Hoy, L., & Schneider, U. (2003) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.290.13.1757 · Cited by 340

Chemokines in neuron–glial cell interaction and pathogenesis of neuropathic pain

Zhang, Z.-J., Jiang, B.-C., & Gao, Y.-J. (2017) · Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences · doi:10.1007/s00018-017-2513-1 · Cited by 315

Abnormal brain chemistry in chronic back pain: An in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study

Grachev, I. D., Fredrickson, B. E., & Apkarian, V. A. (2000) · Pain · doi:10.1016/s0304-3959(00)00340-7 · Cited by 291

Phase III evaluation of nortriptyline for alleviation of symptoms of cis-platinum-induced peripheral neuropathy

Hammack, J. E., Michalak, J. C., Loprinzi, C. L., Sloan, J. A., Novotny, P. J., Soori, G. S., Tirona, M. T., Rowland, K. M., Stella, P. J., & Johnson, J. A. (2002) · Pain · doi:10.1016/s0304-3959(02)00047-7 · Cited by 231

Assessment of Neuropathic Pain in Primary Care

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Endometriosis: The Role of Neuroangiogenesis

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Upregulation of spinal cannabinoid-1-receptors following nerve injury enhances the effects of Win 55,212-2 on neuropathic pain behaviors in rats

Lim, G., Sung, B., Ji, R.-R., & Mao, J. (2003) · Pain · doi:10.1016/s0304-3959(03)00242-2 · Cited by 195

Targeting cytokines for treatment of neuropathic pain

Hung, A. L., Lim, M., & Doshi, T. L. (2017) · Scandinavian Journal of Pain · doi:10.1016/j.sjpain.2017.08.002 · Cited by 174

Cannabinoid CB2 receptor activation inhibits mechanically evoked responses of wide dynamic range dorsal horn neurons in naïve rats and in rat models of inflammatory and neuropathic pain

Elmes, S. J. R., Jhaveri, M. D., Smart, D., Kendall, D. A., & Chapman, V. (2004) · European Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03690.x · Cited by 160

Learning to predict and control harmful events: chronic pain and conditioning

Vlaeyen, J. W. S. (2015) · Pain · doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000107 · Cited by 159

Microglia and intractable chronic pain

Tsuda, M., Beggs, S., Salter, M. W., & Inoue, K. (2013) · Glia · doi:10.1002/glia.22379 · Cited by 113

Central nervous system involvement in diabetic neuropathy

Selvarajah, D., Wilkinson, I. D., Davies, J., Gandhi, R., & Tesfaye, S. (2011) · Current Diabetes Reports · doi:10.1007/s11892-011-0205-z · Cited by 102

Differential analgesic sensitivity of two distinct neuropathic pain models

Decosterd, I., Allchorne, A., & Woolf, C. J. (2004) · Anesthesia & Analgesia · doi:10.1213/01.ane.0000131967.69309.4f · Cited by 82

Effect of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on chronic central pain after mild traumatic brain injury: A pilot study

Choi, G., Kwak, S., Lee, H., & Chang, M. (2018) · Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine · doi:10.2340/16501977-2321 · Cited by 51

Central glucocorticoid receptors regulate the upregulation of spinal cannabinoid-1 receptors after peripheral nerve injury in rats

Wang, S., Lim, G., Mao, J., Sung, B., Yang, L., & Mao, J. (2007) · Pain · doi:10.1016/j.pain.2006.12.019 · Cited by 46

Adherence of French GPs to Chronic Neuropathic Pain Clinical Guidelines: Results of a Cross-Sectional, Randomized, “e” Case-Vignette Survey

Martinez, V., Attal, N., Vanzo, B., Vicaut, E., Gautier, J. M., Bouhassira, D., & Lantéri-Minet, M. (2014) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093855 · Cited by 45

Different effects of opioid and cannabinoid receptor agonists on C-fiber-induced extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation in dorsal horn neurons in normal and spinal nerve-ligated rats

Kawasaki, Y., Kohno, T., & Ji, R.-R. (2006) · The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics · doi:10.1124/jpet.105.093583 · Cited by 44

Imipramine Ameliorates Pain-related Negative Emotion via Induction of Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor

Yasuda, S., Yoshida, M., Yamagata, H., Iwanaga, Y., Suenaga, H., Ishikawa, K., Nakano, M., Okuyama, S., Furukawa, Y., Furukawa, S., et al. (2014) · Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology · doi:10.1007/s10571-014-0097-y · Cited by 34

Understanding pain types and the lived experiences of individuals with multiple sclerosis and pain: A mixed methods study

Dagnew, B., Campbell, J. A., Laslett, L. L., Honan, C. A., Lefever, K., Taylor, B. V., Saul, A., & van der Mei, I. (2025) · Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders · doi:10.1016/j.msard.2025.106778 · Cited by 5

Neuropathic pain in multiple sclerosis: serum biomarkers and MRI lesion localization

Ismail, M. H., ELmotayam, A. S., Saadawy, S. F., Elfwakhry, R. M., Fawzy, H. M., & Sarhan, N. T. (2025) · The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery · doi:10.1186/s41983-025-00955-8 · Cited by 2