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Pathophysiology of neuropathic pain in type 2 diabetes: skin denervation and contact heat-evoked potentials.


ABSTRACT:

Objective

Neuropathic pain due to small-fiber sensory neuropathy in type 2 diabetes can be diagnosed by skin biopsy with quantification of intra-epidermal nerve fiber (IENF) density. There is, however, a lack of noninvasive physiological assessment. Contact heat-evoked potential (CHEP) is a newly developed approach to record cerebral responses of A? fiber-mediated thermonociceptive stimuli. We investigated the diagnostic role of CHEP.

Research design and methods

From 2006 to 2009, there were 32 type 2 diabetic patients (20 males and 12 females, aged 51.63 ± 10.93 years) with skin denervation and neuropathic pain. CHEPs were recorded with heat stimulations at the distal leg, where skin biopsy was performed.

Results

CHEP amplitude was reduced in patients compared with age- and sex-matched control subjects (14.8 ± 15.6 vs. 33.7 ± 10.1 ?V, P < 0.001). Abnormal CHEP patterns (reduced amplitude or prolonged latency) were noted in 81.3% of these patients. The CHEP amplitude was the most significant parameter correlated with IENF density (P = 0.003) and pain perception to contact heat stimuli (P = 0.019) on multiple linear regression models. An excitability index was derived by calculating the ratio of the CHEP amplitude over the IENF density. This excitability index was higher in diabetic patients than in control subjects (P = 0.023), indicating enhanced brain activities in neuropathic pain. Among different neuropathic pain symptoms, the subgroup with evoked pain had higher CHEP amplitudes than the subgroup without evoked pain (P = 0.011).

Conclusions

CHEP offers a noninvasive approach to evaluate the degeneration of thermonociceptive nerves in diabetic neuropathy by providing physiological correlates of skin denervation and neuropathic pain.

SUBMITTER: Chao CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2992207 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Pathophysiology of neuropathic pain in type 2 diabetes: skin denervation and contact heat-evoked potentials.

Chao Chi-Chao CC   Tseng Ming-Tsung MT   Lin Ya-Ju YJ   Yang Wei-Shiung WS   Hsieh Song-Chou SC   Lin Yea-Huey YH   Chiu Ming-Jang MJ   Chang Yang-Chyuan YC   Hsieh Sung-Tsang ST  

Diabetes care 20100914 12


<h4>Objective</h4>Neuropathic pain due to small-fiber sensory neuropathy in type 2 diabetes can be diagnosed by skin biopsy with quantification of intra-epidermal nerve fiber (IENF) density. There is, however, a lack of noninvasive physiological assessment. Contact heat-evoked potential (CHEP) is a newly developed approach to record cerebral responses of Aδ fiber-mediated thermonociceptive stimuli. We investigated the diagnostic role of CHEP.<h4>Research design and methods</h4>From 2006 to 2009,  ...[more]

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