Pain genetics : basic to translational science /

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Corporate Author: Ebooks Corporation
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ames, Iowa : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. How Do Pain Genes Affect Pain Experience? / Marshall Devor
  • Introduction
  • Heritability of Pain: Historical Roots
  • Why is Pain Genetics Interesting and Potentially Useful?
  • What Are Pain Genes?
  • How Do Pain Genes Affect Pain Experience?
  • Disease Susceptibility Genes Versus Pain Susceptibility Genes
  • Perspective
  • Acknowledgments
  • 2. Conservation of Pain Genes Across Evolution / G. Greg Neely
  • Introduction
  • Anatomical Organization of Nociception Apparatus in Mammals and Drosophila
  • Acute Heat Pain in Mammals
  • Acute Heat Nociception in Drosophila
  • Mechanical Pain in Mammals
  • Mechanical Nociception in Drosophila
  • Chemical Nociception in Mammals
  • Chemical Nociception in Drosophila
  • Inflammatory Pain in Mammals
  • Persistent Pain in Drosophila
  • Neuropathic Pain in Mammals
  • Structural Reorganizations of Nerve Fibers in Neuropathic Pain
  • Mammalian Neuropathic Pain Genes That Are Conserved in Drosophila
  • Long-Term Potentiation and Long-Term Depression in Neuropathic Pain in Mammals
  • Neuropathic Pain in Drosophila
  • Conclusions
  • 3. Defining Human Pain Phenotypes for Genetic Association Studies / Christopher Sivert Nielsen
  • Introduction
  • What is a Pain Phenotype?
  • Pain Scaling
  • Heritability
  • Genotype--Phenotype Matching
  • Reliability and Temporal Stability
  • Clinical Phenotypes
  • Designing Clinical Pain Genetic Studies
  • Heritability of Specific Clinical Pain Conditions
  • Experimental Phenotypes
  • Heritability of Experimental Phenotypes
  • Extended Phenotypes
  • Practical Concerns
  • Conclusions
  • Conflict of Interest Statement
  • 4. Genetic Contributions to Pain and Analgesia: Interactions with Sex and Stress / Jeffrey S. Mogil
  • Introduction
  • Brief Overview of Sex and Gender Differences in Pain and Analgesia
  • Brief Overview of Stress and Pain/Analgesia
  • Sex X Gene Interactions in Pain and Analgesia
  • Summary
  • 5. Abnormal Pain Conditions in Humans Related to Genetic Mutations / Christopher Geoffrey Woods
  • Introduction to SCN9A, NTRK1, and NGF and the Roles They Play in Pain
  • Introduction to SCN9A and Its Omnipotent Role in Pain Sensing
  • Introduction to NTRK1 and Its Role in Development and Function in the Pain and Sympathetic Nervous Systems
  • Introduction to NGF, the First Nerve Growth Factor to Be Found and Studied
  • 6. Alternative Pre-mRNA Splicing of Mu Opioid Receptor Gene: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Complex Actions of Mu Opioids / Ying-Xian Pan
  • Introduction
  • Evolution of OPRM 1 Gene
  • OPRM 1 Gene: Chromosomal Location and Gene Structure
  • Alternative Promoters
  • Alternative Pre-mRNA Splicing of the OPRM 1 Gene
  • Expression and Function of the OPRM 1 Splice Variants
  • Conclusion
  • 7. Discovering Multilocus Associations with Complex Pain Phenotypes / Dmitri Zaykin
  • Introduction
  • Approaches Based on Testing Individual Genetic Variants Within a Region
  • Approaches That Combine Association Signals Across Genetic Variants
  • Methods for Testing Joint Effects of Multiple Genetic Variants
  • Multilocus Analysis of Mu Opioid Receptor Haplotypes
  • Two-Stage Multilocus Association Analysis: Collapsing SNPs with Adjustment for Effect Directions
  • Two-Stage Approach: Simulations
  • Two-Stage Approach: Results
  • Discussion
  • Acknowledgments
  • 8. Overlapping Phenotypes: Genetic Contribution to Nausea and Pain / Charles C. Horn
  • Introduction
  • What is the Functional Role of Nausea and Vomiting?
  • Pain Syndromes with Significant Nausea
  • Neuropharmacology of Nausea and Emesis
  • Emetic and Antiemetic Action of Opioids
  • Preclinical Studies of Nausea and Vomiting
  • Heritability of Nausea and Vomiting Phenotypes
  • Human Genetic Sequence Variants Associated with Nausea and Vomiting
  • Summary and Future Directions
  • 9. Counterpart to Pain: Itch / Sarah E. Ross
  • Introduction
  • Why Do We Scratch?
  • Basics of Itch
  • So How is Itch Coded?
  • Measuring Itch in Mice
  • Genetic Models of Itch
  • Key Role for the Skin in Itch
  • Shift in the Balance of Pain and Itch
  • Genetic Variation and Itch in Humans
  • Challenges for the Future
  • Acknowledgments
  • 10. Translating Genetic Knowledge into Clinical Practice for Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions / William Maixner
  • Introduction
  • Results of Human Association Studies
  • Gene Sequencing
  • Development of New Therapeutics
  • Understanding of Interactions
  • In Summary
  • 11. Human Chronic Pain Phenome: Mapping Nongenetic Modifiers of the Heritable Risk / Joel Katz
  • Current Crisis in Pain Medicine
  • Importance of Estimating Risk of Chronic Neuropathic Pain (CNP)
  • Modification of the Heritable Risk for CNP
  • Natural History of CNP
  • Modification of Heritable Risk for CNP In Utero
  • Modifications of the Heritable Risk for CNP Across Generations
  • Postnatal Modifications of the Heritable Risk for CNP
  • Modifications of the Heritable Risk for CNP by Childhood Adverse Experiences
  • Modifications of the Heritable Risk for CNP by Prior Chronic Pain Epochs
  • Modification of the Heritable Risk for CNP by Certain Personality Traits
  • Modification of the Heritable Risk for CNP by Social Factors
  • Modification of the Heritable Risk for CNP by Diet, Medications, Smoking, and Alcohol Intake Consumed Preoperatively
  • Modification of the Heritable Risk for CNP by Climate
  • Modification of the Heritable Risk for CNP by Lifestyle
  • Modifications of the Heritable Risk for Chronic Pain by Other Diseases
  • Modifications of the Heritable Risk for CNP by Nongenetic Factors Occurring Just Prior and During the Inciting Event
  • Summary.