Dean Dessem

Chemical phenotypes of muscle and cutaneous afferent neurons in the rat trigeminal ganglion.

Trigeminal P2X3 receptor expression differs from dorsal root ganglion and is modulated by deep tissue inflammation.

Deep tissue inflammation upregulates neuropeptides and evokes nociceptive behaviors which are modulated by a neuropeptide antagonist.

Inflammation of craniofacial muscle induces widespread mechanical allodynia.

Classification of muscle spindle afferents innervating the masseter muscle in rats.

Nociceptive craniofacial muscle primary afferent neurons synapse in both the rostral and caudal brain stem.

Downregulation of selective microRNAs in trigeminal ganglion neurons following inflammatory muscle pain.

Eccentric muscle contraction and stretching evoke mechanical hyperalgesia and modulate CGRP and P2X(3) expression in a functionally relevant manner.

IL-6, cyclooxygenase in muscle pain.

Repeated muscle injury as a presumptive trigger for chronic masticatory muscle pain.