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- Rate-Dependent Depression of the Hoffmann Reflex: Practical Applications in Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
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Lu Han, Nigel A. Calcutt, Xiajun Zhou
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Diabetes Metab J. 2024;48(6):1029-1046. Published online November 1, 2024
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4093/dmj.2024.0614
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- Measurement of the rate-dependent depression (RDD) of the Hoffmann (H) reflex, a technique developed over half a century ago, is founded on repeated stimulation of the H-reflex with tracking of sequentially evoked H-wave amplitudes in the resulting electromyogram. RDD offers insight into the integrity of spinal reflex pathways and spinal inhibitory regulation. Initially, RDD was predominantly utilized in the mechanistic exploration and evaluation of movement disorders characterized by spasticity symptoms, as may occur following spinal cord injury. However, there is increasing recognition that sensory input from the periphery is modified at the spinal level before ascending to the higher central nervous system and that some pain states can arise from, or be exaggerated by, disruption of spinal processing via a mechanism termed spinal disinhibition. This, along with the urgent clinical need to identify biological markers of pain generator and/or amplifier sites to facilitate targeted pain therapies, has prompted interest in RDD as a biomarker for the contribution of spinal disinhibition to neuropathic pain states. Current research in animals and humans with diabetes has revealed specific disorders of spinal GABAergic function associated with impaired RDD. Future investigations on RDD aim to further elucidate its underlying pathways and enhance its clinical applications.
- Lost in Translation? Measuring Diabetic Neuropathy in Humans and Animals (Diabetes Metab J 2021;45:27-42)
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Heung Yong Jin, Seong-Su Moon, Nigel A. Calcutt
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Diabetes Metab J. 2021;45(3):457-458. Published online May 25, 2021
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4093/dmj.2021.0034
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Heung Yong Jin, Seong-Su Moon, Nigel A. Calcutt
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Diabetes Metab J. 2021;45(1):27-42. Published online December 15, 2020
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- The worldwide diabetes epidemic is estimated to currently afflict almost 500 million persons. Long-term diabetes damages multiple organ systems with the blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and nervous systems being particularly vulnerable. These complications of diabetes reduce lifespan, impede quality of life and impose a huge social and economic burden on both the individual and society. Peripheral neuropathy is a debilitating complication that will impact over half of all persons with diabetes. There is no treatment for diabetic neuropathy and a disturbingly long history of therapeutic approaches showing promise in preclinical studies but failing to translate to the clinic. These failures have prompted re-examination of both the animal models and clinical trial design. This review focuses on the functional and structural parameters used as indices of peripheral neuropathy in preclinical and clinical studies and the extent to which they share a common pathogenesis and presentation. Nerve conduction studies in large myelinated fibers have long been the mainstay of preclinical efficacy screening programs and clinical trials, supplemented by quantitative sensory tests. However, a more refined approach is emerging that incorporates measures of small fiber density in the skin and cornea alongside these traditional assays at both preclinical and clinical phases.
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