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Webinar and Live Discussion: Measuring the Affective Dimensions of Pain in Animal Models

by PRF Editors on 20 May 2013

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Editors' note: Preclinical Assessment of Affective Dimensions of Pain to Enhance Translation, a May 15th Pain Research Forum webinar presented by Frank Porreca, is now available for viewing. Access…

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US National Institutes of Health Releases First Federal Plan to Advance Research on Overlapping Pain Conditions

by Christin Veasley on 12 Mar 2013

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Editors’ note: Christin Veasley, the Executive Director of the National Vulvodynia Association and Co-founder of the Chronic Pain Research Alliance sent this report on an August 2012 NIH workshop…

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Opioids and Road Trauma: Is It the Medicine, the Pain, or Both?

by PRF Editors on 12 Feb 2013

At a time of increasing concern among physicians, public health advocates, and the lay public about the adverse consequences of high-dose opioids for chronic non-cancer pain, new research on…

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Last comment: James Campbell, 18 Feb 2013

Acute opioids are expected to have different side effects compared to chronic opioids. Patients on chronic high-dose opioids report functioning at high levels without impairment. Patients on acute opioids… more

A Long Way to Go: A Grad Student’s View of the Neurobiology of Disease Workshop at Neuroscience 2012, New Orleans

by Shan Lou on 7 Feb 2013

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How much do we know about pain? Which would you choose from 0-10? In the Neurobiology of Disease workshop, held in conjunction with the Society for Neuroscience meeting in…

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Paper: What Is Spontaneous Pain and Who Has It?

by PRF Editors on 3 Jan 2013

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Editors' Note: Thanks to Steve Davidson and Daniel Brenner of Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, US, for submitting this Journal Club. The Wash U Pain & Itch Journal Club…

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Paper: Predicting Adult Outcomes from Childhood Pain Profiles

by PRF Editors on 9 Nov 2012

Editors' Note: Rich, insightful conversations about current research go on every day in journal clubs around the world. The goal of our new Journal Club feature is to capture…

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Last comment: Lynn Walker, 13 Nov 2012

Editors’ Note: Questions from Kathryn Birnie and Line Caes, the authors of the Journal Club, appear in italics below.

It is a great treat to read these reflections regarding our… more

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Discovery and Translation: Do We Have the Right Strategy?

by Robert Yezierski on 22 Oct 2012

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There is little doubt that there have been far too many quiet moments when it comes to talking about the success of translational pain research. Over the past five…

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Paper: Maladaptive dendritic spine remodeling contributes to diabetic neuropathic pain

by Carter Jones on 10 Oct 2012

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This article identified morphologic changes occurring in dendritic spines, the sites of postsynaptic communication on neurons of the spinal cord dorsal horn that coincide with the development of behavioral…

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The Power of the Collective: A Conversation with Stephen McMahon

by PRF Editors on 29 Jun 2012

Stephen McMahon, PhD, casts a wide net to catch the molecular mediators of pain. His lab at King’s College London in the UK uses techniques from molecular biology and…

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Last comment: Jeff Liu, 3 Oct 2012

I am very appreciative that Dr. McMahon shares his experience of pain research; several topics interest me very much.

First, when Dr. McMahon talks about molecules released from peripheral organs… more

Fragmentation and Collaboration: A Conversation With Joseph Martin

by PRF Editors on 14 Sep 2012

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Joseph Martin, MD, PhD, is a neurologist and former dean at two medical schools. Currently the Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School,…

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