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Characterization of Macrophage/Microglial Activation and Effect of Photobiomodulation in the Spared Nerve Injury Model of Neuropathic Pain

Ann K. Ketz, Kimberly R. Byrnes, Neil E. Grunberg, Christine E. Kasper, Lisa A. Osborne, Brian A. Pryor, Nicholas L. Tosini, Xingjia Wu, Juanita J. Anders

Pain Medicine · 2016 · 53 citations · 42 references

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Photobiomodulation effectively reduced mechanical hypersensitivity, potentially through modulating macrophage/microglial activation to an anti-inflammatory phenotype.

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Spared nerve injury: an animal model of persistent peripheral neuropathic pain

Isabelle Décosterd, Clifford J. Woolf · Pain · 2000 · 2.3K citations

Identification of Two Distinct Macrophage Subsets with Divergent Effects Causing either Neurotoxicity or Regeneration in the Injured Mouse Spinal Cord

Kristina A. Kigerl, John C. Gensel, Daniel P. Ankeny et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2009 · 2.1K citations · Full text

A novel behavioral model of neuropathic pain disorders produced in rats by partial sciatic nerve injury

Ze’ev Seltzer, Ronald Dubner, Yoram Shir · Pain · 1990 · 1.8K citations

Cytokine Mechanisms of Central Sensitization: Distinct and Overlapping Role of Interleukin-1β, Interleukin-6, and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α in Regulating Synaptic and Neuronal Activity in the Superficial Spinal Cord

Yasuhiko Kawasaki, Ling Zhang, Jen‐Kun Cheng et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2008 · 1.1K citations · Full text

Low-Level Light/Laser Therapy Versus Photobiomodulation Therapy

Juanita J. Anders, Raymond J. Lanzafame, Praveen Arany · Photomedicine and Laser Surgery · 2015 · 612 citations · Full text

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