Inflammatory Orofacial Pain Activates Peptidergic Neurons and Upregulates the Oxytocin Receptor Expression in Trigeminal Ganglion
The majority of orofacial pain is caused by musculoskeletal and neuropathological diseases related to inflammatory processes that lead even to transcriptional alterations in the trigeminal ganglion (TG) neurons. The hypothalamic nonapeptide oxytocin has been reported to modulate nociception via bind...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-08-01
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| Series: | Biomedicines |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/11/9/2419 |