Neuralgia

"Neuralgia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Intense or aching pain that occurs along the course or distribution of a peripheral or cranial nerve.

Descriptor ID	D009437
MeSH Number(s)	C10.668.829.600 C23.888.592.612.664
Concept/Terms	Neuralgia Neuralgia Neuralgias Neuropathic Pain Neuropathic Pains Pain, Neuropathic Pains, Neuropathic Neurodynia Neurodynias Neuralgia, Atypical Neuralgia, Atypical Atypical Neuralgia Atypical Neuralgias Neuralgias, Atypical Neuralgia, Iliohypogastric Nerve Neuralgia, Iliohypogastric Nerve Iliohypogastric Nerve Neuralgia Iliohypogastric Nerve Neuralgias Nerve Neuralgia, Iliohypogastric Nerve Neuralgias, Iliohypogastric Neuralgias, Iliohypogastric Nerve Paroxysmal Nerve Pain Paroxysmal Nerve Pain Nerve Pain, Paroxysmal Nerve Pains, Paroxysmal Pain, Paroxysmal Nerve Pains, Paroxysmal Nerve Paroxysmal Nerve Pains Neuralgia, Perineal Neuralgia, Perineal Neuralgias, Perineal Perineal Neuralgia Perineal Neuralgias Neuralgia, Stump Neuralgia, Stump Neuralgias, Stump Stump Neuralgia Stump Neuralgias Neuralgia, Supraorbital Neuralgia, Supraorbital Neuralgias, Supraorbital Supraorbital Neuralgia Supraorbital Neuralgias Neuralgia, Vidian Neuralgia, Vidian Neuralgias, Vidian Vidian Neuralgia Vidian Neuralgias Nerve Pain Nerve Pain Nerve Pains Pain, Nerve Pains, Nerve Neuralgia, Ilioinguinal Neuralgia, Ilioinguinal Ilioinguinal Neuralgia Ilioinguinal Neuralgias Neuralgias, Ilioinguinal

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Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Neuromuscular Diseases [C10.668]
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases [C10.668.829]
Neuralgia [C10.668.829.600]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Signs and Symptoms [C23.888]
Neurologic Manifestations [C23.888.592]
Pain [C23.888.592.612]
Neuralgia [C23.888.592.612.664]

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Bar chart showing 54 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	1	1	2
2003	1	0	1
2008	1	0	1
2009	7	0	7
2010	1	0	1
2012	2	1	3
2013	1	0	1
2014	5	0	5
2015	2	0	2
2017	2	0	2
2018	1	0	1
2019	4	1	5
2020	2	0	2
2021	3	0	3
2022	9	0	9
2023	2	1	3
2024	4	1	5
2025	1	0	1

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Ramtin S, Ilyas A. Pharmaceutical considerations in treating neuropathic pain in athletes. Int Orthop. 2025 04; 49(4):951-958.

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Ippolito M, Hayduk SA, Kinney W, Brenneman DE, Ward SJ. KLS-13019, a Novel Structural Analogue of Cannabidiol and GPR55 Receptor Antagonist, Prevents and Reverses Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Rats. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2024 10 18; 391(2):231-240.

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Lesser ER, Persons EM, Herrera M, Sanchez-Forteza A, Vergara SM, Kim CY, Cardona JJ, Kikuchi K, Tabira Y, Dumont AS, Iwanaga J, Tubbs RS, Samrid R. Trans-obliquus inferior capitis course of the greater occipital nerve: A potential cause of occipital neuralgia? Clin Anat. 2025 Oct; 38(7):786-790.

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Shoraka O, Syed M, Mandloi S, Thalheimer S, Kashani SN, Heller JE, Mohamed FB, Sharan AD, Talekar KS, Matias CM, Harrop JS, Krisa L, Alizadeh M. Periaqueductal gray connectivity in spinal cord injury-induced neuropathic pain. J Neuroimaging. 2024 Nov-Dec; 34(6):704-719.

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Nahas SJ. Cranial Neuralgias. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2024 04 01; 30(2):473-487.

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Parisio KN, Kulp T, Heil M, Li Y, Dalton K, McGrath M, Carlowicz C, Donnelly M, Bagatell R, Jubelirer T. Yoga as a non-pharmacologic therapy to reduce dinutuximab-induced pain in patients with neuroblastoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024 Apr; 71(4):e30845.

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Ahmed AK, Zhuo J, Gullapalli RP, Jiang L, Keaser ML, Greenspan JD, Chen C, Miller TR, Melhem ER, Sansur CA, Eisenberg HM, Gandhi D. Focused Ultrasound Central Lateral Thalamotomy for the Treatment of Refractory Neuropathic Pain: Phase I Trial. Neurosurgery. 2024 Apr 01; 94(4):690-699.

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Farkas DJ, Cooper ZD, Heydari LN, Hughes AC, Rawls SM, Ward SJ. Kratom Alkaloids, Cannabinoids, and Chronic Pain: Basis of Potential Utility and Role in Therapy. Cannabis Cannabinoid Res. 2025 04; 10(2):187-199.

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Farkas DJ, Inan S, Heydari LN, Johnson CT, Zhao P, Bradshaw HB, Ward SJ, Rawls SM. Cannabinoid mechanisms contribute to the therapeutic efficacy of the kratom alkaloid mitragynine against neuropathic, but not inflammatory pain. Life Sci. 2023 Sep 01; 328:121878.

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Reeves RA, Miller CJ, Wang D, Ng A, Heller JE, Nazarian LN. Use of High-Resolution Ultrasound to Guide Alcohol Neurolysis for Chronic Pain. Pain Physician. 2022 11; 25(8):E1297-E1303.

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