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Quintessence Publishing: Journals: JOP
Journal of Orofacial Pain

Edited by Barry J. Sessle, BDS, MDS, BSc, PhD, FRSC

Official Journal of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain,
and the European, Australian, Asian, and Ibero-Latin Academies of Craniomandibular Disorders

ISSN 1064-6655

Publication:
Winter 1999
Volume 13 , Issue 1

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TMJ Pain in Relation to Circulating Neuropeptide Y, Serotonin, and Interleukin-1B in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Alstergren/Ernberg/Kopp/Lundeberg/Theodorsson

Pages: 49-55
PMID: 10425968

Aims: The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain is influenced by circulating levels of neuropeptide Y, serotonin, and interleukin-1B in rheumatoid arthritis. Methods: Forty-three seropositive (RF+) or seronegative (RF-) rheumatoid arthritis patients and 24 healthy individuals were included in the study. Results: High serum concentrations of serotonin were associated with low TMJ pressure pain thresholds and pain during mandibular movement in the RF+ patients. The results of this study do not support a relationship between circulating neuropeptide Y or interleukin-1B and TMJ pain. The RF+ patients had higher C-reactive protein levels and erythrocyte sedimentation rates than the RF- patients. There were also higher plasma levels of interleukin-1B in the RF+ patients than in the healthy individuals. Plasma levels of neuropeptide Y in the RF- patients were higher than in the healthy individuals. Conclusion: This study indicates that the serum concentration of serotonin is associated with TMJ allodynia in seropositive rheumatoid arthritis.

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