Weekly Highlights from a Past President of the International Association for the Study of Pain

As a Past President of the?International Association for the Study of Pain?(IASP) I am pleased to provide weekly updates on the most recent activities within the field.

In the following, I draw your attention to the wealth of activities and resources that IASP offers the global pain community.

IASP News - This Week:

Plenary Speakers Announced for ISPP 2023!

The International Symposium on Pediatric Pain, taking place 1-4 October in Halifax, Canada, has announced its slate of Plenary Speakers. The speakers include: Elliot Krane, MD, Bernie Carter, PhD, RGN, RSCN, Marsha Tredwell, PhD, Adrienne Harvey, PhD, Kathrina Epino, PhD, Susmita Kashikar-Zuck, PhD, Karel Allegaert, PhD, Mike Salter, MD, PhD, and Verónica Dussel, MD, MPH. Click here for more information about these speakers, and learn how to attend #ISPP2023!

IASP Journals:

PAIN is an official journal of IASP. Published monthly,?PAIN?presents original research on the nature, mechanisms, and treatment of pain. Take a look at this original research paper from the February 2023 issue: Sex-specific brain microstructural reorganization in irritable bowel syndrome Labus et al. PAIN.?February. 164(2):292-304.

PAIN Reports is an official IASP publication. An online, open access, multidisciplinary journal,?PAIN Reports?promotes a global, rapid, and readily accessible forum that advances clinical, applied, and basic research on pain. ?

Take a look at the latest articles from PAIN Reports by visiting here.

IASP Pain Research Forum:

The IASP Pain Research Forum (PRF) is an interactive community of pain researchers working to understand the basic neurobiology of pain and translate new knowledge into novel treatments for chronic pain.?

PRF News: PRF’s professional science journalists cover the latest topics in pain research each and every week for thousands of readers throughout the world.

DID YOU MISS? Perineuronal Nets: An Overlooked Mechanism of Neuropathic Pain?

New data show that microglia degrade perineuronal nets in the spinal dorsal horn after nerve injury, driving neuropathic pain. Future work aims to uncover their role in somatosensory transmission and pain states.

PRF Papers of the Week: PRF’s weekly review of the scientific literature on pain. This week’s highlighted papers:

Dermal macrophages set pain sensitivity by modulating the amount of tissue NGF through an SNX25-Nrf2 pathway.?Tanaka et al. Nat Immunol. 2023 Jan 26.?

A sleep-active basalocortical pathway crucial for generation and maintenance of chronic pain.?Zhou et al. Nat Neurosci. 2023 Jan 23.?

Regulation of neuropathic pain by microglial Orai1 channels.?Tsujikawa et al. Sci Adv. 2023 Jan 27.

RELIEF

RELIEF?is the?IASP Pain Research Forum’s companion site for patients and the wider public. RELIEF aims to provide anyone touched by or interested in chronic pain with knowledge and information about the latest research?to help them raise awareness of chronic pain, rally support for pain research, and contribute to an international conversation about ways to advance pain treatment and care.

DID YOU MISS? A Simple Question with a Complex Answer: Why Do People Seek Healthcare?

The answer as to why people seek healthcare for certain conditions (while others may not) is likely influenced to a large degree by behavioral features.