Contribution of Sympathetic Sensory Coupling to Craniofacial Nociception
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Abstract
ABSTRACT Stress and anxiety are associated with increased pain intensity in temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) patients. It is possible that this association is due to a direct interaction between the sympathetic and sensory nervous systems. This narrative review examines evidence for a potential sympathetic sensory interaction in deep craniofacial tissues and the trigeminal ganglion. Research articles were identified using PubMed with the mesh terms adrenergic, ganglion neuron, masseter, sensory, signaling, temporomandibular and trigeminal and, subsequently, from the reference lists of those articles identified. The masticatory muscles and temporomandibular joint are innervated by sympathetic efferent fibres from the superior cervical ganglion, which primarily innervates blood vessels. As trigeminal sensory afferent fibres are often found near blood vessels, the anatomical relationship for potential sympathetic sensory coupling is present in the temporomandibular joint and masticatory muscles. Trigeminal afferent fibres express α 1 , α 2 , β 1 and β 2 adrenergic receptors as well as two of the four neuropeptide Y receptors. Stimulation of α 1 receptors in the masticatory muscle mechanically sensitises nociceptors through a direct effect, but desensitises proprioceptors and spindle afferent fibres through an indirect effect on mechanosensitive organelles. Stimulation of β 2 adrenergic receptors increases the mechanical activation threshold of masticatory muscle afferent fibres. There is also evidence that stimulation of β adrenergic receptors on immune cells contributes to nociception in temporomandibular joint arthritis. In contrast, α 1 adrenergic receptor activation underlies nociception in masticatory muscle myositis. Taken together, the current research provides support for the concept that sympathetic sensory coupling could play a role in the pathogenesis of TMD‐related pain.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.007 | 0.005 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.002 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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