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Dynamic Quantitative Sensory Testing to Characterize Central Pain Processing
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By assessing pain in response to repetitive or different types of standardized stimuli, dynamic quantitative sensory testing (QST) can reveal changes in the central processing of pain. We present methods to optimize and individualize two dynamic QST measures: temporal summation (TS) and conditioned pain modulation (CPM).
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Autoradiographic Measurements of [14C]-Iodoantipyrine in Rat Brain Following Central Post-Stroke Pain
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We present a protocol to measure [14C]-iodoantipyrine (IAP) uptake and assess the activation of neural substrates that are involved in central post-stroke pain (CPSP) in a rodent model.
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Abdominal Exam IV: Acute Abdominal Pain Assessment
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2023
Source: Joseph Donroe, MD, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Abdominal pain is a frequent presenting concern in both the emergency department and the office setting. Acute abdominal pain is defined as pain lasting less than seven days, while an acute abdomen refers to the abrupt onset of severe abdominal pain with features suggesting a surgically intervenable process. The differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain is broad; thus, clinicians must have a...
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An Experimental Paradigm for the Prediction of Post-Operative Pain (PPOP)
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Electrophysiological Methods to Assess Peripheral Pain Block in an Anesthetized Rat
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2025
Here, we present a method for assessing the activation and block of sensory axons in peripheral nerves in acute, anesthetized, in vivo rat experiments using two types of spinal electrophysiological measurements that can discriminate the activity of nerve fiber subtypes: Local Field Potentials and Wide Dynamic Range single neuron recordings.
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Temporal summation tests whether repeated nociceptive stimulation leads to progressively stronger pain responses. This pattern reveals how the central nervous system handles an accumulating signal rather than simply recording a single response. Researchers can use the measure to investigate altered central processing, characterize central sensitization, and compare pain-modulation patterns between individuals.
Conditioned pain modulation examines how one painful stimulus changes the response to another. A reduced response is consistent with engagement of endogenous inhibitory pathways, whereas an increased response can indicate facilitatory influence. Considering both directions matters because central pain regulation is not uniformly suppressive, and the result may reveal meaningful individual differences in processing.
Peripheral sensation assessments provide complementary information, but they do not by themselves capture how nociceptive signals are regulated within the central nervous system. Adding central measures helps distinguish information about peripheral sensation from evidence of altered brain and spinal cord processing. This broader profile supports more complete phenotyping of individuals with different pain profiles.
Protocols can be organized around two complementary observations: whether repeated stimuli increase pain responses, and whether one painful stimulus changes the response to another. Measuring these patterns provides information about temporal summation and conditioned pain modulation. The observations can then support characterization of central sensitization and variation in pain regulation.
It is especially useful when a study examines chronic pain mechanisms, because the measures address processing beyond peripheral sensation. The same assessments also help phenotype patients by describing their central sensitization and pain-modulation patterns. This makes the approach relevant for comparing individuals and for linking clinical pain profiles with central nervous system dysfunction.
Results can help researchers evaluate interventions intended to affect central nervous system dysfunction. By measuring temporal summation or conditioned pain modulation, investigators can examine whether pain-processing patterns change in ways relevant to central sensitization or endogenous regulation. The assessments therefore provide mechanistic context for treatment evaluation and may help connect treatment effects with altered central processing.