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| Title |
A SCN9A gene-encoded dorsal root ganglia sodium channel polymorphism associated with severe fibromyalgia
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| Published in |
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2474-13-23 |
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| Authors |
Gilberto Vargas-Alarcon, Edith Alvarez-Leon, Jose-Manuel Fragoso, Angelica Vargas, Aline Martinez, Maite Vallejo, Manuel Martinez-Lavin |
| Abstract |
A consistent line of investigation suggests that autonomic nervous system dysfunction may explain the multi-system features of fibromyalgia (FM); and that FM is a sympathetically maintained neuropathic pain syndrome. Dorsal root ganglia (DRG) are key sympathetic-nociceptive short-circuit sites. Sodium channels located in DRG (particularly Nav1.7) act as molecular gatekeepers for pain detection. Nav1.7 is encoded in gene SCN9A of chromosome 2q24.3 and is predominantly expressed in the DRG pain-sensing neurons and sympathetic ganglia neurons. Several SCN9A sodium channelopathies have been recognized as the cause of rare painful dysautonomic syndromes such as paroxysmal extreme pain disorder and primary erythromelalgia. The aim of this study was to search for an association between fibromyalgia and several SCN9A sodium channels gene polymorphisms. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 97 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 94 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 20 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 17 | 18% |
| Unknown | 13 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 30 | 31% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 11% |
| Neuroscience | 8 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 5% |
| Psychology | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 18 | 19% |
| Unknown | 20 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 January 2024.
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#4,077,123
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#806
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#26,490
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#5
of 37 outputs
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