Genetic neurological channelopathies: molecular genetics and clinical phenotypes [PDF]
, 2015 Evidence accumulated over recent years has shown that genetic neurological channelopathies can cause many different neurological diseases. Presentations relating to the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerve or muscle mean that channelopathies can impact ...
Hanna, MG, Kullmann, DM, Spillane, J
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Nav1.7 and other voltage-gated sodium channels as drug targets for pain relief [PDF]
, 2016 INTRODUCTION: Chronic pain is a massive clinical problem. We discuss the potential of subtype selective sodium channel blockers that may provide analgesia with limited side effects.
Emery, EC, Luiz, AP, Wood, JN
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Nuclear medicine procedures and the evaluation of male sexual organs: a short review [PDF]
, 2008 Sexuality consists of three aspects that are interrelated and inseparable, biological, physiological and social. The biological aspect considers the individual's capability to give and to receive pleasure.
Adenilson de Souza da Fonseca +39 more
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Congenital insensitivity to pain: Review with dental implications
Indian Journal of Pain, 2014 Pain causes a reflex withdrawal from any stimuli that can cause actual or potential tissue damage. It is frequently an early symptom of a disease process and is often the impetus for a patient to seek medical treatment.
A Vijay Kumar +2 more
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Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis (CIPA) Syndrome; A Rare Genetic Disorder Case Story
Case Reports in Clinical Practice, 2022 Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) is the subtype four of hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy (HASN IV), caused by a defect in the NTRK1 gene and presenting early in life.
Zahra Nafei, Marjan Jafari
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“It’s the end of the world as we know it and we feel fantastic: examining the end of suffering” [PDF]
, 2018 This paper examines the consequences of the transhumanist goal to eliminate the suffering of all sentient beings. While transhumanists identify numerous approaches to this goal, the endgame is genetic modification of humans and natural predators ...
Renstrom, Joelle
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Whole genome sequencing of one complex pedigree illustrates challenges with genomic medicine [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) has risen as a useful tool for precision medicine by providing a standardized vocabulary of phenotypic abnormalities to describe presentations of human pathologies; however, there have been relatively few ...
Fang, H. +8 more
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Cancer pain: current practice and emerging targets
British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.Cancer pain (CP) arises from a complex interplay between the tumour and its microenvironment. Many patients experience a mixed pain phenotype that encompasses nociceptive, neuropathic and neuroinflammatory mechanisms, and vary across tumour type and disease stage. Despite decades of intensive research, the mainstay of cancer pain treatment is still non‐
Yi Ye +5 more
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Evaluation of behavior in transgenic mouse models to understand human congenital pain conditions [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: Containing a brain for signal processing and decision making, and a peripheral component for sensation and response, the nervous system provides higher organisms a powerful method of interacting with their environment.
Bullock, Daniel
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Children &Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT According to Article 23 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, children with disabilities are entitled to education, including access to high‐quality childcare services. Despite international and national commitments to inclusion, persistent obstacles continue to limit equitable access to childcare services for children ...
François Routhier +23 more
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