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Baseline resting-state functional connectivity determines subsequent pain ratings to a tonic ecologically valid experimental model of orofacial pain.

Aug 30, 2021

Pain is a subjective experience with significant individual differences. Laboratory studies investigating pain thresholds and experimental acute pain have identified structural and functional neural c...

Examination of mechanism effects in cognitive behavioral therapy and pain education: analyses of weekly assessments.

Aug 30, 2021

Psychosocial treatments for chronic pain produce favorable outcomes. However, we still do not know precisely by what mechanisms or techniques these outcomes are wrought. In secondary analyses of a 10-...

Maximal cardiopulmonary exercise test in patients with chronic low back pain: feasibility, tolerance and relation with central sensitization. An observational study.

Aug 26, 2021

To analyze the feasibility of and pain-related tolerance to a maximal cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET), and the relationship between the aerobic capacity and central sensitization (CS) in patients...

PCC-0105002, a novel small molecule inhibitor of PSD95-nNOS protein-protein interactions, attenuates neuropathic pain and corrects motor disorder associated with neuropathic pain model.

Aug 26, 2021

In view of postsynaptic density 95kDA (PSD95) tethers neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) to N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR), the PSD95-nNOS complex represents a therapeutic target of neuropathic pain. ...

Treatment Patterns and Resource Utilization of Pregnant Women with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases or Psoriasis in Germany: A Claims Database Analysis.

Aug 26, 2021

Uncontrolled inflammatory disease activity can impact pregnancy outcomes and the health of the mother and child. This retrospective claims database analysis assessed treatment patterns before, during,...

Impact of adjacent pre-existing disc degeneration status on its biomechanics after single-level anterior cervical interbody fusion.

Aug 23, 2021

Mechanics and biology may be interconnected and amplify each other during disc degeneration. It remains unknown the influence of pre-existing disc degeneration and its impact on adjacent segment degen...

Polarization of rheumatoid macrophages is regulated by the CDKN2B-AS1/ MIR497/TXNIP axis.

Aug 23, 2021

The polarization of macrophages plays a critical role in the pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis. The macrophages can have pro-inflammatory M1 polarization and various types of alternative anti-in...

Review of Reported Adverse Events Occurring Among the Homeless Veteran Population in the Veterans Health Administration.

Aug 19, 2021

United States veterans face an even greater risk of homelessness and associated medical conditions, mental health conditions, and fatal and nonfatal overdose as compared with nonveterans. Beginning 20...

Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia.

Aug 19, 2021

The purpose of the study was to assess the epidemiology, risk factors and outcomes of native vertebral osteomyelitis (NVO) in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB).A retrospective insti...

Pooled retrospective analysis of 70 mg erenumab in episodic and chronic migraine: a two tertiary headache centers experience during clinical practice.

Aug 19, 2021

Erenumab is a monoclonal antibody, targeted against the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor. Clinical studies have demonstrated prophylactic efficacy in both episodic (EM) and chronic migr...

Atogepant for the Preventive Treatment of Migraine.

Aug 19, 2021

Atogepant is an oral, small-molecule, calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonist that is being investigated for the preventive treatment of migraine.In a phase 3, double-blind trial, we rando...

A qualitative study of risk and resilience in young adult women with a history of juvenile-onset fibromyalgia.

Aug 19, 2021

Juvenile-onset Fibromyalgia (JFM) is a chronic pain condition characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, sleep difficulties, mood concerns, and other associated symptoms. Although diag...

Spinal Cord Neural Activity of Fibromyalgia Patients and Healthy Controls During Temporal Summation of Pain: An fMRI Study.

Aug 19, 2021

The cause for the increased sensitivity of fibromyalgia (FM) patients to painful stimuli is unclear but sensitization of dorsal horn spinal cord neurons has been suggested. There, critical changes of ...

Prolonged fasting induced hyperketosis, hypoglycaemia and impaired fat oxidation in child and adult patients with spinal muscular atrophy type II.

Aug 19, 2021

This study explored hypoglycaemia and metabolic crises, including hyperketosis, in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).The study comprised four adolescents aged 15-17 and six adults aged 19-37...

Evaluation of the Effect of Continuous Infusion of Dexmedetomidine or a Subanesthetic Dose Ketamine on Transcranial Electrical Motor Evoked Potentials in Adult Patients Undergoing Elective Spine Surgery under Total Intravenous Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Exploratory Study.

Aug 19, 2021

Prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind exploratory study.To compare effects of dexmedetomidine or a subanesthetic dose of ketamine on the amplitude and latency of transcranial elect...

Passive Smoking Throughout the Life Course and the Risk of Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis in Adulthood Among Women.

Aug 19, 2021

To investigate passive smoking throughout the life course and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), while accounting for personal smoking.We analyzed the Nurses' Health Study II prospective cohort, u...

First Report of Pestalotiopsis chamaeropis Causing Leaf Spot on Eurya nitida in China.

Aug 19, 2021

Eurya nitida Korth. belonging to the family Theaceae is an evergreen shrub or small tree and is usually used as a very important ornamental tree and nectar source plant (Khan et al. 1992; Ma et al. 20...

Adherence to self-administered biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs across health-system specialty pharmacies.

Aug 19, 2021

In an effort to expedite the publication of articles related to the COVID-19 pandemic, AJHP is posting these manuscripts online as soon as possible after acceptance. Accepted manuscripts have been pee...

Enhanced mindfulness-based stress reduction in episodic migraine-effects on sleep quality, anxiety, stress, and depression: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.

Aug 19, 2021

Patients with migraine suffer from high morbidity related to the repeated headache attacks, characteristic of the disorder, poor sleep, and a high prevalence of comorbid psychosocial disorders. Curren...

Impact of variability in baseline pain on the placebo response in randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trials in peripheral neuropathic pain.

Aug 19, 2021

Large placebo responses often negatively affect randomized controlled trials within the pain area. Understanding different possible factors that influence the placebo response is therefore important. ...

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