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Comparisons of the Plastic Changes in the Central Nervous System in the Processing of Neuropathic Pain

신경병증성 통증의 처리 과정에 있어 중추신경계의 가소성 변화 비교

  • Received : 2021.04.27
  • Accepted : 2021.04.30
  • Published : 2021.06.30
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Abstract

According to International Associating for the Study of Pain (IASP) definition, neuropathic pain is a disorder characterized by dysfunction of the nervous system that, under normal conditions, mediates virulent information to the central nervous system (CNS). This pain can be divided into a disease with provable lesions in the peripheral or central nervous system and states with an incorporeal lesion of any nerves. Both conditions undergo long-term and chronic processes of change, which can eventually develop into chronic pain syndrome, that is, nervous system is inappropriately adapted and difficult to heal. However, the treatment of neuropathic pain itself is incurable from diagnosis to treatment process, and there is still a lack of notable solutions. Recently, several studies have observed the responses of CNS to harmful stimuli using image analysis technologies, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), positron emission tomography (PET), and optical imaging. These techniques have confirmed that the change in synaptic-plasticity was generated in brain regions which perceive and handle pain information. Furthermore, these techniques helped in understanding the interaction of learning mechanisms and chronic pain, including neuropathic pain. The study aims to describe recent findings that revealed the mechanisms of pathological pain and the structural and functional changes in the brain. Reflecting on the definition of chronic pain and inspecting the latest reports will help develop approaches to alleviate pain.

국제통증연구학회(IASP)에 따르면, 신경병증성 통증은 정상 조건에서 중추신경계에 유해한 정보를 전달하는 신경계 기능 장애로 특징 지워진다. 이런 통증은 말초 혹은 중추 신경계에 확인 가능한 병변이 있는 질환과 어떠한 신경에도 병변이 없는 상태에서 발생하는 상황으로 나누어 볼 수 있다. 두 가지 상황 모두 장기적이고 만성적인 변화과정을 겪게 되며, 결과적으로 신경계가 부적절하게 적응하여 치유되기 어려운 만성통증 증후군으로 발전할 수 있다. 그러나 이러한 통증 치료는 진단에서부터 치료까지의 과정이 어려운 탓에 현재까지도 특별한 해결방안이 부족한 실정이다. 최근 자기공명영상(fMRI), 양전자방출단층촬영법(PET), 광영상(optical imaging) 등 영상분석기술이 발달함에 따라 통증을 유발할 수 있는 유해 자극에 대한 중추신경계의 반응을 영상화하는 연구가 증가하고 있다. 이러한 영상 기법들을 통해 통증을 해석하고 처리하는 뇌 영역에서 시냅스 간 가소성 변화가 일어나고 있음을 확인하였으며, 신경병증성 통증을 비롯한 만성통증과 학습과의 상호 작용을 이해하는 데 많은 도움을 주고 있다. 본 연구는 병리적 통증의 기전과 통증 자극에 따른 뇌의 구조적, 기능적 변화에 대해 최근까지 밝혀진 연구들을 소개하고자 한다. 만성적 통증의 정의와 발생기전을 되짚고 새로운 연구 동향을 살펴보는 것은 통증을 완화할 수 있는 방안을 강구하는 데 도움이 될 것으로 사료된다.

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