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ALL ABOUT PAIN
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The nervous system’s response to noxious (harmful)stimuli, also known as “nociception”
Examples of external stimuli: pricking, cutting,crushing, urning, free!ing
Examples of internal stimuli: swelling,
in"ammation, #istention ($ote: These are noxiousstimuli, ut other stimuli must cause these stimuli%swelling, for instance, #oes not usually happen on itsown)
&everal factors contriute to reception of pain
'echanical stimulation from sharp oect
otassium release# from the insi#es of the#amage# cells
rostaglan#ins, histamines, an# ra#ykinin from
&o, +hat is ain, nyway-
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There are Two “+aves” of ain
$ociceptors
.ree nerve en#ings (#en#rites) in the skin thatpick up the information from the painful stimuli
/nly respon#s to extreme pressure ortemperature
.oun# almost everywhere: from skin to teethpulp to oint memranes to muscles
$ociceptors are the #en#rites of nerve *ers
There are two types of axons of these nerve*ers
0#elta *ers
10nerve *ers (two types)
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.irst wave of pain (initial pain%sharp an#highly locali!e#)
Thick(er) an# myelinate# (mo#erately fasttransmission)
4imite# to responses from very strongpressure an# extreme temperatures (ten# to
e from imme#iate stimuli)
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lso known as “olymo#al nociceptors”
&econ# wave of pain (longer0lasting, #uller,wi#esprea# pain)
6ery thin an# unmyelinate# (very slow transmission)
$ot limite# to imme#iate stimuli%also
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9ust a little touchpainhumor;<
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$otice that the nociceptors laele# here are locate# in
the E73E5'7& an# that they are .5EE $E56EE$37$=&, or a8erent nerve #en#ritesthat are not encapsulate# (astouch, heat, an# pressurenerve en#ings are)
1utaneous (“7n the &kin”) 5eceptors
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ain’s scen#ing athway to the 2rain
0#elta *ers an# 10nerve *ers form synapseswith #orsal horn of spinal cor#
1ell o#ies in #orsal root ganglia
&ynapse etween primary pain0sensing neurons
an# secon#ary pain0transmission neurons occursin #orsal horn of spinal cor#
&econ#ary neurons sen# signals upwar# throughspinothalamic tract
1ontralateral si#e of spinal cor#
.ace sen#s info through “mini0spinal cor#” calle#trigeminal nerve into the me#ulla
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ropose# y 5onal# 'el!ack an# atrick
+all=rew out of oservations of ++77 veterans
an# their inuries1oncept: pain messages are intercepte# y
speciali!e# nerve cells in the spinal cor#efore they reach rain.or severe pain that coul# lea# to #amage$erve “gate” is wi#e open'essage travels almost instantaneously
.or mil#, weak pain
$erve gate sometimes close#.ilter, lock pain messages
Gate Control Theory
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$erve *ers that transmit touchin"uences gatekeeper cellsTouch stimulate gatekeeper cells to close
“gate”3ecrease pain transmission
5uing sore area > relief
Gate Control Theory Cont’d
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ain an# normal somatosensory neuronsoth synapse on proection cells (whichgo up into rain) an# inhiitoryinterneurons in spinal cor#
$ormal somatosensory signals turns onoth proection an# inhiitory neurons>cancel each other out
/nly pain turns on proection an#inactivates the inhiitory0 lea#ing to pain
Gate Control Theory: In-Depth
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Transmission:
03amage# Tissue0Thalamus0arietal loe an#4imic &ystem01ereral 1ortex
ain an# the 2rain
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+hen humans’ rains are mappe# forresponse to lasers, this area activates<
+hile controversial, one area, the6mpo, causes pain or temperature0
relate# sensations when stimulate#
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'e#ial .rontal 1ortex
This is part of an area involve# incontrolling motivational ehavior
7t activates in response to perceiving
the unpleasantness of pain
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The 3escen#ing athway
3escen#ing system suppresses the
transmission of pain signals from the#orsal horn of spinal cor# to higherrain centers
/riginate in the somatosensorycortex an# hypothalamus
Thalamic neurons suppress
ascen#ing nerve signals at synapsesin mi#rain
eria?ue#uctal =ray
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The $eurotransmitters of 7$ $erves transmitting pain signals, as well asthose involve# in pain regulation, use excitatory
an# inhiitory neurotransmitters
Excitatory $eurotransmitters of ain &ignaling =lutamate%
0$'3 , ', an# metaotropic receptorsare involve# in excitatory synaptictransmission of pain<
0+ith $'3 (10*ers), 'g@@ clogsreceptor
0$eary pepti#e receptorsstimulate# channel opens
03epolari!es the neuron
Tachykinins%
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&ustance (The “ is for ain” 'olecule), aTachykinin
0.oun# in 10*ers0.irst #escrie# y von Euler D =a##um in FC
#uring research of e?uine rain an# intestines0&e?uence# in FG02in#s to $A0 receptors , ut is synthesi!e# y
nociceptors
06aso#ilation (swelling of capillaries) an#release of histamine y mast cells (see elow)
$eurotensin03etecte# #uring isolation of &ustance from
ovine samples01auses vaso#ilation in alrea#y0open woun#s
Histamine
07n mast cells of the immune systemI sutance an# foreign sustances like ee venom cause
T
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T05elease# y #amage# cells an# in#s to T0
gate# channels on nociceptors (then the cell is#epolari!e#
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7nhiitory $eurotransmitters of ain &ignaling 'ost important: =2
04igan#0gate# an# =0protein couple#receptors0'ost important for interneurons (gate0control theory)
=lycine
$eurotransmitters 'e#iating ain 5egulation0&erotonin an# $orepinephrine are involve# intransmission etween neurons of the#escen#ing pathway
0/ften working in tan#em with &ustance
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5emarkale 3iscovery with.os&hows up in the spinal cor# after even riefnoxious stimulation, particularly of 10nerve *ers,ut #isappears after B0G #aysI expression of 10.osgene in #amage# nerves that #o not typicallyexpress .os
n 7n#ucile Transcription .actor, which changesthe internal environment of the cell on a long0termasis
Therefore, provi#es a link etween persistentstimulation an# conse?uences for the future y
gene expressionL
lthough the transcription of10.os is un#erstoo# generally, its
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How the ain +e .eel is 3i8erent
3i8erent types of nerves an# neurotransmitters
$ociceptors are simultaneously activate# withother cutaneous receptors, like mechanoreceptors,giving us:
0ressure0pain0Hot0pain
01ol#0pain0Etc<
s for spicy foo#s;<
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&picy .oo#s are 'o#erate# y 1apsaicin
.irst isolate# as a vanilloi# in re# peppers (thenchilies, alapeMos;
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ain that lasts O months or longerersists long after trauma has heale# or
in the asence of trauma1ommon causes of chronic painhysical prolems stemming from chronic
illness or internal inuriesrthritis: in"ammation of the oints
3amage to peripheral or spinal nerves$europathic pain1an result from acci#ents, infections, surgeryNnknown cause (possily psychological-)
1hronic ain
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utoimmune3iseases'&, lupus
1ancer
1ompressionTrauma1rush nerves
3iaetes
'ost common3rug si#e e8ects
$utritional3e*ciencies
7nfectious 3isease4yme #isease,
herpes, H76Toxic &ustances'ercury, lea#,
arsenic
'ore 1auses of ain an# $erve
3amage
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“/8” erception of ain
llo#ynia%“painful” response to a typicallynon0painful stimulus Hyperalgesia%increase# “painful”
response to a painful stimulus
ain Enhancement #uring illness &tops person from wasting energy 7mmune system interaction-
ain Enhancement after 7nury 3amage torecent activation of
nocioceptors respon# to weaker stimuli
(use of local anesthetics)
&tops person from touchingwoun#s ettin infections
Sensitization
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$ervous system ampli*es an# #istorts pain5esulting pain out of proportion to original inury
or #isease
1auses 7n"ammation: nociceptors *re w greater intensity,
longer time, lower threshol#normal chemical reactions in spinal cor# that
increase transmission of pain messages4ower threshol# of pain receptors Examples of &ensiti!ers: ra#ykinin,
prostaglan#ins, an# sustance
4inke# to sensing, feeling, an# thinking
regions of rain4ea#ing to emotional, psychological su8ering
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2ut 3on’t .orget the 'ost 1urious &ustancll
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7$ 1/$T5/+hich 4ea#s Ns To;;
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3rug0'e#iate# 'anagement
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3rug0'e#iate# 'anagement artial an# full opioi# agonists ex< 'orphine, heroine, fentanyl,oxyco#one, #emerol
$erve terminals of primary pain neuronsin #orsal horn contain opioi# receptors,activation of which inhiits transmitterrelease
7nection of opioi#s into mi#rain cancause profoun# pain relief (connecte# toprimary pain neurons)
11A ntagonists 'u receptor activation releases 11A,which goes on to inhiit opioi# e8ects(through activation of other sustances,such as sustance )
0
$&73
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$&73s 7nhiit prostaglan#in Ten# to inhiit all prostaglan#in%analgesia an#anti0in"ammation, ut no muscle regeneration
nti0Histamines 5e#uce swelling an# irritation at inury site
nti#epressants
&tress07n#uce# nalgesia
En#orphins &uppress glutamate an# hyperpolari!e neurons 7n response to stress an# physical exertion
2elief07n#uce# nalgesia
“laceo E8ect” /ther Therapies &urgery (an extreme) syche#elics an# ca8eine for hea#ache relief
lternative Therapies: hotcol# compresses,chiro ract , massa e,
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ain Tolerance ain tolerance is generally higher in menthan in women, an# #ecreases with age
7n men pain tolerance increasessigni*cantly in repeat testing
5esearchers expect that gen#er role expectations e8ecthow men perform on the test
woman’s aility to han#le pain may also relate to whereshe is in her hormone cycles
7n animal stu#ies it was foun# that females have feweropioi# receptors than males, which may account for gen#er#i8erences<
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'oreconnections
to regions ofthe rain
associate#with external
functions
'oreconnections
to regions ofthe rain
associate#with internal
functions
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n# $ow, &ome +eir# &tu8;;
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Music and Pain
n hour a #ay keepsthe #octor away
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hantom lim pain%pain without stimulior receptors 5amachan#ran 3estruction of nerves an# pain
mo#ulation 'irror therapies
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&1$F, 17 an# Evolution
&1$F instructs the protein so#iumchannel that allows neurons to pass onmessages
7n a stu#y of chil#ren where this wasfaulty, scientists foun# that they felt nopain
They fre?uently it their lips an# two ofthem ha# itten at least a thir# of theirtongue o8< 7n fact, one girl thought it was
funny to ite her *ngers an# see the loo#
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17 is a nerve #isor#er in which the nervesfor sensing temperature an# pain #on’t form
'utations of the $T5A gene%$=.in#ing to Trk receptor on nociceptive ansympathetic nerves not enco#e#
&ome estimate that 17 a8ectsapproximately one in BR,QQQ,QQQ
7ssues:
1ommon infections 0S amputation
cci#entally iting tongue through orclean o8 when eating
3ying of overheating
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ray A “Mechanis(s o% action o% capsaicin-li'e (olecules on sensory neurons ” /i%e Sci +2+1294"+F-E
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ray, A. Mechanis(s o% action o% capsaicin-li'e (olecules on sensory neurons. /i%e Sci. +2+1294"+F-E.!http"##$$$.ncbi.nl(.nih.go3#pub(ed#+99+ED+).
*ields, Go$ard /. “0ain 0erception5he ana 6uide.” 0he #ana Foundation. ?o3. 2F.!http"##$$$.dana.org#ne$s#brainhealth#detail.asp:;id=+F2). 2 *eb. 2+.
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