2018
Differential aging‐related changes in neurophysiology and gene expression in IB4‐positive and IB4‐negative nociceptive neurons
Mis MA, Rogers MF, Jeffries AR, Wilbrey AL, Chen L, Yang Y, Dib‐Hajj S, Waxman SG, Stevens EB, Randall AD. Differential aging‐related changes in neurophysiology and gene expression in IB4‐positive and IB4‐negative nociceptive neurons. Aging Cell 2018, 17: e12795. PMID: 29943484, PMCID: PMC6052481, DOI: 10.1111/acel.12795.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIB4-negative neuronsIB4-positive neuronsIsolectin B4Age-dependent changesTTX-resistant sodium currentsProperties of nociceptorsDorsal root gangliaCurrent-clamp experimentsAging-related changesMiddle-aged rodentsHigh input resistancePain prevalenceNociceptive neuronsPain treatmentNociceptor excitabilityMembrane potentialPain sensitivityRoot gangliaCultured neuronsNeurons pointsRepetitive firingSodium currentWindow currentNociceptorsNeurons
2013
Wound-healing growth factor, basic FGF, induces Erk1/2-dependent mechanical hyperalgesia
Andres C, Hasenauer J, Ahn H, Joseph EK, Isensee J, Theis FJ, Allgöwer F, Levine JD, Dib-Hajj S, Waxman SG, Hucho T. Wound-healing growth factor, basic FGF, induces Erk1/2-dependent mechanical hyperalgesia. Pain 2013, 154: 2216-2226. PMID: 23867734, DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.07.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWound-healing factorsBasic fibroblast growth factorDorsal root gangliaDRG neuronsNociceptive neuronsGrowth factorMechanical hyperalgesiaPain sensitizationGlial cell line-derived neurotrophic factorRat dorsal root gangliaLine-derived neurotrophic factorSingle-cell electrophysiological recordingsLumbar DRG neuronsTranscription-polymerase chain reactionNerve growth factorWound healing growth factorsFibroblast growth factorTime-dependent mannerNeurotrophic factorRoot gangliaPolymerase chain reactionIntradermal injectionNav1.8 channelsBFGF treatmentElectrophysiological recordings