UTCSP News
2013 UTCSP Annual Scientific Meeting: a success!
Researchers, clinicians, educators, and students gathered at the 2013 UTCSP Annual Scientific Meeting on February 26. (click on link for full review)
Steven P. Miller, Brain Development in the Preterm Newborn: the Importance of the Everyday
2012 The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute 25th Annual Scientific Retreat, November 8, 2012
Commentary by lead author Simon Beggs on his recent paper: Beggs S, Alvares D, Moss A, Currie G, Middleton J, Salter MW, Fitzgerald M. "A role for NT-3 in the hyperinnervation of neonatally wounded skin" Pain 2012 Oct;153(10):2133-9.
UTCSP resesearchers have identified a possible mechanism by which early-life injuries can result in subsequent pain. The study, published in the October 2012 issue of Pain, was conducted by Dr. Simon Beggs in collaboration with researchers at Sickkids Hospital and University College London, UK.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to the following UTCSP members who are recipients of 2013 Canadian Pain Society Awards:
Distinguished Career Award 2013 — Joel Katz
Early Career Award 2013 — Michael McGillion
Excellence in Interprofessional Pain Education Award — Judith Hunter
Pain Mentorship Award — Barry Sessle
Distinguished Career Award 2013 — Joel Katz
Early Career Award 2013 — Michael McGillion
Excellence in Interprofessional Pain Education Award — Judith Hunter
Pain Mentorship Award — Barry Sessle
Combining Brain Imaging Technologies and Behavioural Studies to Better Understand Pain
Dr. Karen Davis is a senior scientist and heads the Division of Brain, Imaging & Behaviour Systems at Toronto Western Research Institute. She is cross-appointed as a professor in the Department of Surgery and the associate director for the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto. Dr. Tim Salomons is one of her post-doctoral fellows. Together they are combining their expertise in MR-based technologies and behavioural and psycho-physical studies to better understand pain.
Events
Mechanisms in Neuropathic Pain: Insights From Animal and Human Research
A Tribute to Jonathan O. Dostrovsky
Satellite Symposia
4th International Congress on Neuropathic Pain
May 22, 2013
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Satellite Symposia
4th International Congress on Neuropathic Pain
May 22, 2013
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
10th Annual Pain Day Event - Chronic Pain Service Integration - A Viable Roadmap
This is a multidisciplinary conference featuring leading experts in chronic pain management
Date: Friday, June 21, 2031
Location: Kingston Waterfront Hotel, Kingston, Ontario
For further details, click on the LINK
Date: Friday, June 21, 2031
Location: Kingston Waterfront Hotel, Kingston, Ontario
For further details, click on the LINK
Pain in the News
Apr 28, 2013
Sodium-calcium exchangers in rat trigeminal ganglion neurons
Noxious stimulation and nerve injury induce an increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) via various receptors or ionic channels. While an increase in [Ca2+]i excites neurons, [Ca2+]i overload elicits cytotoxicity, resulting in cell death.
Apr 17, 2013
Peripheral nerve injury is accompanied by chronic transcriptome-wide changes in the mouse prefrontal cortex
Peripheral nerve injury can have long-term consequences including pain-related manifestations, such as hypersensitivity to cutaneous stimuli, as well as affective and cognitive disturbances, suggesting the involvement of supraspinal mechanisms. Changes in brain structure and cortical function associated with many chronic pain conditions have been reported in the prefrontal cortex (PFC).
Apr 8, 2013
Gender, variation in opioid receptor genes and sensitivity to experimental pain
Pain tolerance is subject to considerable inter-individual variation, which may be influenced by a number of genetic and non-genetic factors. The mu, delta and kappa opioid receptors play a role in pain perception and are thought to mediate different pain modalities.
Apr 7, 2013
Chronic pain after lower abdominal surgery: do catechol-O-methyl transferase/opioid receptor ¿-1 polymorphisms contribute?
Preoperative pain, type of operation and anesthesia, severity of acute postoperative pain, and psychosocial factors have been identified as risk factors for chronic postsurgical pain (CPP). Recently, it has been suggested that genetic factors also contribute to CPP.
Apr 2, 2013
Electroacupuncture improves thermal and mechanical sensitivities in a rat model of postherpetic neuralgia
Electroacupuncture (EA) is effective in relieving pain in patients with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). However, the mechanism underlying the therapeutic effect of EA in PHN is still unclear.