2024
TRPM8 Mutations Associated With Persistent Pain After Surgical Injury of Corneal Trigeminal Axons
Ghovanloo M, Effraim P, Tyagi S, Aldrich A, Cheng X, Yuan J, Schulman B, Jacobs D, Dib-Hajj S, Waxman S. TRPM8 Mutations Associated With Persistent Pain After Surgical Injury of Corneal Trigeminal Axons. Neurology Genetics 2024, 10: e200206. PMID: 39555137, PMCID: PMC11567650, DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000200206.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLaser-assisted in situ keratomileusisPostoperative ocular painTrigeminal ganglion neuronsOcular painMultielectrode array recordingsPersistent painGanglion neuronsLaser-assisted in situ keratomileusis surgeryAxonal injuryRat trigeminal ganglion neuronsTransient receptor potential cation channelCorneal refractive surgeryMultielectrode arraysAnalysis of patientsPatch-clamp analysisGenomic analysis of patientsWild-typePatch-clamp resultsExposure to mentholRefractive surgeryHyperpolarizing directionNeuronal hyperexcitabilityPain-freeTrigeminal axonsWT channels
2023
Nav1.7 P610T mutation in two siblings with persistent ocular pain after corneal axon transection: impaired slow inactivation and hyperexcitable trigeminal neurons
Ghovanloo M, Effraim P, Yuan J, Schulman B, Jacobs D, Dib-Hajj S, Waxman S. Nav1.7 P610T mutation in two siblings with persistent ocular pain after corneal axon transection: impaired slow inactivation and hyperexcitable trigeminal neurons. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2023, 129: 609-618. PMID: 36722722, PMCID: PMC9988530, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00457.2022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPersistent ocular painTrigeminal ganglion neuronsOcular painCorneal refractive surgeryGanglion neuronsRefractive surgeryAxonal injurySlow inactivationHuman pain modelTrigeminal afferent nervesTrigeminal ganglion axonsSmall subgroupPain-related disordersEffects of injurySodium channel Nav1.7Channel slow inactivationEye painPostoperative painMost patientsPain modelAfferent nervesPersistent painTrigeminal neuronsNav1.7 mutationAxon transection
2005
Electrophysiological properties of two axonal sodium channels, Nav1.2 and Nav1.6, expressed in mouse spinal sensory neurones
Rush AM, Dib‐Hajj S, Waxman SG. Electrophysiological properties of two axonal sodium channels, Nav1.2 and Nav1.6, expressed in mouse spinal sensory neurones. The Journal Of Physiology 2005, 564: 803-815. PMID: 15760941, PMCID: PMC1464456, DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.083089.Peer-Reviewed Original Research