About this Research Topic
This Research Topic is a celebration of the 15 Year Anniversary of the Frontiers in Human Neuroscience journal, inviting some key contributors to the success of the Journals and the community to highlight significant elements of the past, present, and future of Human Neuroscience.
Chronic pain, sleep disturbance and cognitive impairment are common and often overlapping in the general population across the lifespan. Epidemiological and review studies have proposed a bidirectional relationship between these conditions. Functional imaging studies have suggested that this relationship is in part explained by the shared neural mechanisms involved in pain processing, sleep impairment and cognitive decline. This phenomenon could necessitate of targeted pharmacological and behavioral interventions with the aim to treat both these conditions.
Despite the improvement and the growth of interest in researching on this topic, there is still a long way to go, and many features need to be better understood about the etiopathogenesis and in the treatment of these conditions.
The scope of this Research Topic will serve as a forum for manuscripts encompassing all areas of sleep & chronic pain, but particularly on the following topics:
Aims of this research topic will be focused on:
- Literature overview about the topic: the state of the art in the field of neuropsychiatric diseases and chronic pain
- Which are the pathophysiological mechanisms shared by these medical conditions
- What are considered the age ranges at risk of developing both these conditions
- How treatment of one condition might affect the other concomitant comorbidities
This collection aims to promote the discussion around this topic and to facilitate knowledge dissemination, to increase understanding about pain and mood disorders also considering the neuroanatomy evaluation.
We encourage authors to contribute with original articles, review articles or perspectives with the aim to obtain innovative and emerging treatments moving from the bench- to bedside.
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Chronic pain, sleep disturbance and cognitive impairment are common and often overlapping in the general population across the lifespan. Epidemiological and review studies have proposed a bidirectional relationship between these conditions. Functional imaging studies have suggested that this relationship is in part explained by the shared neural mechanisms involved in pain processing, sleep impairment and cognitive decline. This phenomenon could necessitate of targeted pharmacological and behavioral interventions with the aim to treat both these conditions.
Despite the improvement and the growth of interest in researching on this topic, there is still a long way to go, and many features need to be better understood about the etiopathogenesis and in the treatment of these conditions.
The scope of this Research Topic will serve as a forum for manuscripts encompassing all areas of sleep & chronic pain, but particularly on the following topics:
Aims of this research topic will be focused on:
- Literature overview about the topic: the state of the art in the field of neuropsychiatric diseases and chronic pain
- Which are the pathophysiological mechanisms shared by these medical conditions
- What are considered the age ranges at risk of developing both these conditions
- How treatment of one condition might affect the other concomitant comorbidities
This collection aims to promote the discussion around this topic and to facilitate knowledge dissemination, to increase understanding about pain and mood disorders also considering the neuroanatomy evaluation.
We encourage authors to contribute with original articles, review articles or perspectives with the aim to obtain innovative and emerging treatments moving from the bench- to bedside.
#CollectionSeries
Keywords: Pain, Sleep disturbance, Cognitive decline, short sleep duration, mood disorders
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