Facial Pain

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A craniofacial-specific monosynaptic circuit enables heightened affective pain. 
  • A functional substitution in the L-aromatic amino acid decarboxylase enzyme worsens somatic symptoms via a serotonergic pathway. 
  • A pilot study of a chiropractic intervention for management of chronic myofascial temporomandibular disorder. 
  • Behavioral assessment of chronic orofacial pain. 
  • Chiari I malformation manifesting as bilateral trigeminal neuralgia: case report and review of the literature. 
  • Circulating Omentin-1 and Chronic Painful Temporomandibular Disorders. 
  • Clinical orofacial characteristics associated with risk of first-onset TMD: the OPPERA prospective cohort study. 
  • Correlation of pain behavior and muscle activity in patients with myofascial pain-dysfunction syndrome. 
  • Does change in ECT electrode placement help temporomandibular joint pain? 
  • Facial pain due to vascular lesions of the brain stem relieved by dorsal root entry zone lesions in the nucleus caudalis. Report of two cases. 
  • Facial pain with localized and widespread manifestations: separate pathways of vulnerability. 
  • Genome-wide association reveals contribution of MRAS to painful temporomandibular disorder in males. 
  • Interventional procedures for facial pain. 
  • Low Income as a Multiplicative Risk Factor for Oral Pain and Dental Problems Among U.S. Veteran Smokers. 
  • Microglial Signaling in Chronic Pain with a Special Focus on Caspase 6, p38 MAP Kinase, and Sex Dependence. 
  • Motor cortex stimulation and neuropathic facial pain. 
  • Muscle activity in myofascial pain-dysfunction syndrome patients: a structured clinical evaluation. 
  • Neurophysiological monitoring for the nucleus caudalis dorsal root entry zone operation. 
  • Painful Temporomandibular Disorder: Decade of Discovery from OPPERA Studies. 
  • Percutaneous trigeminal tractotomy-nucleotomy with use of intraoperative computed tomography and general anesthesia: report of 2 cases. 
  • Phenotypic profile clustering pragmatically identifies diagnostically and mechanistically informative subgroups of chronic pain patients. 
  • Preclinical episodes of orofacial pain symptoms and their association with health care behaviors in the OPPERA prospective cohort study. 
  • Pyogenic granuloma of the cornea induced by "snake oil". 
  • Recommended patient-reported core set of symptoms to measure in head and neck cancer treatment trials. 
  • Summary of findings from the OPPERA prospective cohort study of incidence of first-onset temporomandibular disorder: implications and future directions. 
  • Surgical Options for Atypical Facial Pain Syndromes. 
  • Temporomandibular joint dysfunction--diagnosis and management. 
  • The appropriate use of neurostimulation: stimulation of the intracranial and extracranial space and head for chronic pain. Neuromodulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee. 
  • The use of surface electromyography in objective measurement of the muscle function in facial pain/temporomandibular dysfunction patients. 
  • Use of a structural equation model for prediction of pain symptoms in patients with orofacial pain and temporomandibular disorders.