⚖️ Pain depends on the balance of excitation & inhibition. ⬆️ Excitation → hyperalgesia, allodynia ⬆️ Inhibition → analgesia This month’s BJA Education article highlights key mediators: glutamate, GABA, opioids, serotonin, cannabinoids. 👉 www.bjaed.org/article/S205...

🔍 Pain neuromatrix: Melzack’s theory proposes pain emerges from a dynamic network of brain structures. Below shows sensory, affective & cognitive dimensions. Not one centre—but a mosaic of systems. 👉 www.bjaed.org/article/S205...

Thanks for this nice exposure of our recent review… the next one in central sensitization mechanisms will be launched in the October edition !

A 5000-year overview of the history of pain through ancient civilizations to modern pain theories. Will it be a must read article ? by Vincenot et al. Great job and thanks to the University of Sherbrooke historians journals.lww.com/painrpts/ful...

Job opportunity🥼 I'm looking for an engineer or junior researcher to work on a project analysing the links between adverse childhood experiences and pain. Previous experience in cellular imaging or electrophysiology +++ contact me if interested. Job located in the beautiful French Strasbourg city

A number of permanent research positions are currently available at the University of Strasbourg: assistant professor (opioid and pain networks), Junior Professor (neurochemistry of pain), Research Chair (open thematic on pain research) .... contact me for more information.

Recruitment of a Young Group Leader in pain research (contact me in private for details). Position is located in Strasbourg France. Deadline for application: 30 March 2025 Details of the call: neurostra.unistra.fr/en/news/actu...

Pleased to share with you that our French-speaking medical journal has received the 2024 “cover illustration award” from the French medical press. Congrats to our editor John Libbey Eurotext and to the Swiss-Canadian-Belgian-French editorial team

Just landed here! You might find some interest in our recently accepted article in Pain: "Between Scylla and Charybdis: assessing the multidimensional aspects of pain behaviors in rats using a double avoidance place preference paradigm" #pain send comments if any! journals.lww.com/pain/abstrac...