Research
Pain research at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ is ranked amongst the best in the world based on its critical mass of exceptional pain researchers and on a tradition of outstanding accomplishments in the neurosciences. The legacy of Ron Melzack’s 1965 gate-control theory of pain continues to this day with ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ pain studies researchers publishing in the most influential international journals.
Knowledge translation goals
Our research will: (1) help in understanding the physiological basis of a number of unexplained chronic pain conditions;Ìý(2) provide new therapies for chronic and acute pain conditions;Ìý(3) provide novel animal models for pain conditions such as neuropathic pain, migraines, complex regional pain syndrome, functional abdominal pain, interstitial cystitis, back pain, fibromyalgia, and vulvodynia;Ìý(4) help explain the influence of genetic, environmental, and dietary factors in the development of chronic pain;Ìýand (5) understand the influence of psychological factors on pain.
Researchers
Luda Diatchenko
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Richard Hovey
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Arkady Khoutorsky
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Emerson Krock
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Marc-Olivier Martel
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Carol Meloto
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Étienne Vachon-Presseau
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Ana Velly
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Ji Zhang
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