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A comparison of predictors and intensity of acute postsurgical pain in patients undergoing total hip and knee arthroplasty

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A multidimensional concept for mercury neuronal and sensory toxicity in fish - From toxicokinetics and biochemistry to morphometry and behavior

scientific article published on 12 February 2019

A new measure to assess pain in people with haemophilia: The Multidimensional Haemophilia Pain Questionnaire (MHPQ)

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

A new model of laryngitis: neuropeptide, cyclooxygenase, and cytokine profile.

scientific article published on January 2008

A new page on the road book of inorganic mercury in fish body - tissue distribution and elimination following waterborne exposure and post-exposure periods.

scientific article published in March 2015

A role of supraspinal galanin in behavioural hyperalgesia in the rat.

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Activation by cutaneous or visceral noxious stimulation of spinal neurons projecting to the medullary dorsal reticular nucleus in the rat: a c-fos study

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Amitriptyline reverses hyperalgesia and improves associated mood-like disorders in a model of experimental monoarthritis

scientific article published on 8 February 2014

Animal Models for the Study of Comorbid Pain and Psychiatric Disorders

scientific article published on 18 September 2015

Antinociception induced by chronic glucocorticoid treatment is correlated to local modulation of spinal neurotransmitter content

scientific article published on 24 July 2009

Asymmetric c-fos expression in the ventral orbital cortex is associated with impaired reversal learning in a right-sided neuropathy.

scientific article published on 23 June 2014

Asymmetrical subcortical plasticity entails cognitive progression in older individuals

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Benefits of spine stabilization with biodegradable scaffolds in spinal cord injured rats

scientific article published on 20 August 2012

Brain afferents to the lateral caudal ventrolateral medulla: a retrograde and anterograde tracing study in the rat.

scientific article published in January 2003

Brain afferents to the medullary dorsal reticular nucleus: a retrograde and anterograde tracing study in the rat.

scientific article published in July 2002

Brain projections from the medullary dorsal reticular nucleus: an anterograde and retrograde tracing study in the rat.

scientific article published on 23 March 2006

Chapter 13 Descending inhibitory systems

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Chronic unpredictable stress inhibits nociception in male rats

Development and characterization of a PHB-HV-based 3D scaffold for a tissue engineering and cell-therapy combinatorial approach for spinal cord injury regeneration

scientific article published on 22 August 2013

Development and characterization of a novel hybrid tissue engineering-based scaffold for spinal cord injury repair

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Differential effects of left/right neuropathy on rats' anxiety and cognitive behavior

scientific article published on 24 August 2012

Differential predictors of acute post-surgical pain intensity after abdominal hysterectomy and major joint arthroplasty

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Distribution of neuromuscular junctions in laryngeal and syringeal muscles in vertebrates

Effectiveness of the association between carbamazepine and peripheral analgesic block with ropivacaine for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia

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Effectiveness of two psychological interventions for pain management, emotional regulation and promotion of quality of life among adult Portuguese men with haemophilia (PSY-HaEMOPEQ): study protocol for a single-centre prospective randomised control

scientific article published on 3 September 2017

Enhanced pronociception by amygdaloid group I metabotropic glutamate receptors in nerve-injured animals

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Evidence for lack of direct causality between pain and affective disturbances in a rat peripheral neuropathy model

scientific article published on 26 December 2018

Fish eyes and brain as primary targets for mercury accumulation - a new insight on environmental risk assessment

scientific article published on 21 July 2014

Gabapentin supplemented with ropivacain block of trigger points improves pain control and quality of life in trigeminal neuralgia patients when compared with gabapentin alone

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Galanin-Mediated Behavioural Hyperalgesia from the Dorsomedial Nucleus of the Hypothalamus Involves Two Independent Descending Pronociceptive Pathways

scientific article published on 13 November 2015

High trait impulsivity potentiates the effects of chronic pain on impulsive behavior

scientific article published on 10 December 2019

Influence of amygdaloid glutamatergic receptors on sensory and emotional pain-related behavior in the neuropathic rat.

scientific article published on 25 January 2010

Influence of arthritis on descending modulation of nociception from the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus

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Inorganic mercury accumulation in brain following waterborne exposure elicits a deficit on the number of brain cells and impairs swimming behavior in fish (white seabream-Diplodus sargus).

scientific article published on 2 December 2015

Intraepithelial nerve fibers project into the lumen of the larynx

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Lesions of the caudal ventrolateral medulla block the hypertension-induced inhibition of noxious-evoked c-fos expression in the rat spinal cord

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Looking at the aquatic contamination through fish eyes--a faithful picture based on metals burden

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MORPhA Scale: behavioral and electroencephalographic validation of a rodent anesthesia scale

Medullary control of nociceptive transmission: Reciprocal dual communication with the spinal cord

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Metabotropic glutamate 5 receptor in the infralimbic cortex contributes to descending pain facilitation in healthy and arthritic animals

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Metals(loids) targeting fish eyes and brain in a contaminated estuary - Uncovering neurosensory (un)susceptibility through bioaccumulation, antioxidant and morphometric profiles

scientific article published on 07 July 2018

Microglia response and in vivo therapeutic potential of methylprednisolone-loaded dendrimer nanoparticles in spinal cord injury

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Minocycline reduces mechanical allodynia and depressive-like behaviour in type-1 diabetes mellitus in the rat.

scientific article published on 7 March 2017

Neuropathic pain is associated with depressive behaviour and induces neuroplasticity in the amygdala of the rat.

scientific article published on 20 May 2008

Novel applications of common stereology software to represent the complete distribution, density and spatial organization of anterogradely labelled fibers in neuroanatomical tract-tracing studies

scientific article published on 15 February 2007

Pain Prevalence, Characteristics, and Impact Among People with Hemophilia: Findings from the First Portuguese Survey and Implications for Pain Management

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Pawedness Trait Test (PaTRaT)-A New Paradigm to Evaluate Paw Preference and Dexterity in Rats.

scientific article published on 16 October 2017

Persistent pain after total knee or hip arthroplasty: differential study of prevalence, nature, and impact

scientific article published on 11 September 2013

Pharmacological versus microvascular decompression approaches for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: clinical outcomes and direct costs

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Pre- and post-surgical factors that predict the provision of rescue analgesia following hysterectomy.

scientific article published on 14 August 2012

Predictors of Acute Postsurgical Pain After Inguinal Hernioplasty

scientific article published on 23 March 2017

Predictors of acute postsurgical pain and anxiety following primary total hip and knee arthroplasty

scientific article published on 27 March 2013

Projection sites of superficial and deep spinal dorsal horn cells in the nucleus tractus solitarii of the rat.

scientific article published in December 2001

Pronociception from the dorsomedial nucleus of the hypothalamus is mediated by the rostral ventromedial medulla in healthy controls but is absent in arthritic animals

scientific article published on 9 October 2013

Pronociceptive changes in response properties of rostroventromedial medullary neurons in a rat model of peripheral neuropathy

scientific article published on 24 September 2007

Pronociceptive changes in the activity of rostroventromedial medulla (RVM) pain modulatory cells in the streptozotocin-diabetic rat

Psychological factors predict an unfavorable pain trajectory after hysterectomy: a prospective cohort study on chronic post-surgical pain

scientific article published on 5 February 2018

Reciprocal connections between the medullary dorsal reticular nucleus and the spinal dorsal horn in the rat.

scientific article published in January 2000

Response properties of nociceptive neurons in the caudal ventrolateral medulla (CVLM) in monoarthritic and healthy control rats: modulation of responses by the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN).

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Risk Factors for Persistent Postsurgical Pain in Women Undergoing Hysterectomy Due to Benign Causes: A Prospective Predictive Study

scientific article published on October 12, 2012

Risk factors for moderate and severe persistent pain in patients undergoing total knee and hip arthroplasty: a prospective predictive study

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Selective impact of Tau loss on nociceptive primary afferents and pain sensation

Sociodemographic, Clinical, and Psychosocial Characteristics of People with Hemophilia in Portugal: Findings from the First National Survey

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The impact of age on emotional and cognitive behaviours triggered by experimental neuropathy in rats

scientific article published on 26 April 2009

The mediating role of pain catastrophizing in the relationship between presurgical anxiety and acute postsurgical pain after hysterectomy.

scientific article published on 23 November 2011

The medullary dorsal reticular nucleus as a pronociceptive centre of the pain control system

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The medullary dorsal reticular nucleus as a relay for descending pronociception induced by the mGluR5 in the rat infralimbic cortex

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The medullary dorsal reticular nucleus enhances the responsiveness of spinal nociceptive neurons to peripheral stimulation in the rat.

scientific article published in August 2003

The medullary dorsal reticular nucleus facilitates acute nociception in the rat

scientific article published on 01 January 1996

The medullary dorsal reticular nucleus facilitates pain behaviour induced by formalin in the rat.

scientific article published in January 1999

The role of pain catastrophizing in the provision of rescue analgesia by health care providers following major joint arthroplasty.

scientific article published in November 2014

The selective COX-2 inhibitor Etoricoxib reduces acute inflammatory markers in a model of neurogenic laryngitis but loses its efficacy with prolonged treatment

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Tract Tracing Methods at the Ultrastructural Level

Understanding pre-surgical predictors of acute pain experience following hysterectomy for benign causes: conceptual and methodological issues.

scientific article published on 22 June 2012

Unveiling the neurotoxicity of methylmercury in fish (Diplodus sargus) through a regional morphometric analysis of brain and swimming behavior assessment.

scientific article published on 17 October 2016

Variable delay-to-signal: a fast paradigm for assessment of aspects of impulsivity in rats

scientific article published on 23 October 2013