A 69-year-old woman developed acute pain in the left trigeminal and glossopharyngeal nerve distributions. MR imaging demonstrated a left lateral medullary infarction (LMI) involving the left spinotrigeminal nucleus and tract, nucleus ambiguus, and solitary nucleus. Most patients presenting with trigeminal neuralgia will have disease involving the trigeminal nerve or ganglion or the primary sens...

This study aimed to assess the effect of intra-habenular injection of morphine on acute trigeminal pain in rats. Also here, we examined the involvement of raphe nucleus opioid and 5HT3 receptors on the antinociceptive activity of intra habenular morphine to explore the possibility of existence of descending antinociceptive relay between the habenula and raphe nucleus. The numbers of eye wiping ...

conclusions this study demonstrated numerous clinical similarities of trigeminal neuralgia afflicting different populations. right side was more involved along with mandibular division the most commonly affected. however studies needs to be done to know the exact reasons of involvement of the affected side and branches. results the age of the patients varied from 40 to 80 years with a mean age ...

Herpes zoster, an acute viral infection produced by the varicella zoster virus, may affect any of the trigeminal branches. This case report presents a patient with symptoms mimicking odontogenic pain. No obvious cause of the symptoms could be found based on clinical and radiographic examinations. After a dermatologist made a diagnosis of herpes zoster involving the third trigeminal branch, the ...

In the trigeminal system, disruption of acute resolution processing may lead to uncontrolled inflammation and chronic pain associated with the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Currently, there are no effective treatments for TMJ pain. Recently, it has been recognized that maresin 1, a newly identified macrophage-derived mediator of inflammation resolution, is a potent analgesic for somatic inflam...

Although a modulatory role has been reported for the red wine polyphenol resveratrol on several types of ion channels and excitatory synaptic transmission in the nervous system, the acute effects of resveratrol in vivo, particularly on nociceptive transmission of the trigeminal system, remain to be determined. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether acute intravenous resveratrol...

conclusions propofol and alfentanil combination can be considered as a treatment approach in the attack phase of cluster headache. introduction cluster headache is a severe hemifacial pain with concomitant symptoms such as lacrimation, conjunctival congestion, and nasal discharge. peripheral (to be a spectrum of trigeminal autonomic cephalgia) and central (hypothalamus) disorders have been sugg...

Recent studies have delineated a clear role for the trigeminal innervation of pain-sensitive intracranial structures in the pathophysiology of migraine. The development of new compounds for the treatment of the acute attack of migraine has led to a greater understanding of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5HT) receptor diversity. The ergot alkaloids have been used in the treatment of acute attac...

Peripheral neurectomy is a simple and effective method of procedure widely performed throughout the world for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia. At the acute conditions of pain, we have an case who had underwent an peripheral neurectomy on the affected left side of the face. He had a history of pain particularly in the evening and morning session for the past 6 months and patient reported t...