Topical treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain: applying the evidence [PDF]
, 2017 Patients with peripheral neuropathic pain (NP) may only achieve partial pain relief with currently recommended first-line oral treatments, which are also associated with systemic adverse events.
Cruccu, Giorgio, Sommer, Claudia
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Українська Інтервенційна Нейрорадіологія та Хірургія, 2023 Among the pain syndromes caused by damage to cranial nerves, trigeminal nerve pathology occupies the main place. Trigeminal neuralgia is an exhausting condition characterized by acute shooting recurrent pain in the face.
V.V. Smolanka
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Low-dose Fosphenytoin for Aborting Acute Trigeminal Neuralgia Pain: A Case Report
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2023 Introduction: While the typical treatment for trigeminal neuralgia is carbamazepine, the dose must be gradually titrated over time to achieve pain control, which makes the drug a less than ideal candidate for treatment for acute exacerbation of pain due ...
Jamie Baydoun, Alexander Lin, Jared Miya
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Radiofrequency thermocoagulation of Gasserian ganglion in trigeminal neuralgia
Journal of Education, Health and SportIntroduction: Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a form of neuropathic pain that targets the fifth cranial nerve, leading to intense facial pain that can significantly impact one’s quality of life.
Natalia Maria Rulewska +10 more
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The role of Nav1.9 channel in the development of neuropathic orofacial pain associated with trigeminal neuralgia [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Trigeminal neuralgia is accompanied by severe mechanical, thermal and chemical hypersensitivity of the orofacial area innervated by neurons of trigeminal ganglion (TG).
Kopach, O +3 more
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Familial classic trigeminal neuralgia
Neurología (English Edition), 2019 Introduction: The classic form of trigeminal neuralgia is usually sporadic (no familial clustering). However, around 2% of all cases of trigeminal neuralgia may be familial. Describing this entity may be useful for diagnosing this process and may also be
B. Fernández Rodríguez +6 more
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Acta Medica Iranica, 2020 Normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) has rarely been reported to be associated with trigeminal neuralgia (TN). We report a case of NPH with trigeminal neuralgia, whose symptoms completely resolved after endoscopic third ventriculostomy.
Mohamadreza Hajiabadi +3 more
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Conditional gene deletion reveals functional redundancy of GABAB receptors in peripheral nociceptors in vivo [PDF]
, 2009 Background Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is an important inhibitory neurotransmitter which mainly mediates its effects on neurons via ionotropic (GABAA) and metabotropic (GABAB) receptors.
Bernhard Bettler +9 more
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Carbamazepine-responsive paroxysmal nausea and vomiting in a patient with meningeal carcinomatosis [PDF]
, 2006 In neurology, paroxysmal syndromes are well-known, eg, as manifestations of multiple sclerosis. We report a patient with meningeal carcinomatosis, who presented with therapyrefractory nausea and vomiting.
Borasio, Gian Domenico
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Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging to Evaluate Microstructural Changes and Outcomes after Radiofrequency Rhizotomy of Trigeminal Nerves in Patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Trigeminal neuralgia is characterized by facial pain that may be sudden, intense, and recurrent. Our aim was to investigate microstructural tissue changes of the trigeminal nerve in patients with trigeminal neuralgia resulting from neurovascular ...
Shu-Tian Chen +5 more
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