Pathological Pain

Chair's Introduction (Takao Kumazawa).
Regulation Mechanisms of Vanilloid Receptors (Makoto Tominagaet,et al.).
Sodium channels and neuropathic pain (Jin Mo Chung and KyungsoonChung).
Ion channel activities implicated in pathological pain (John N.Wood, et al.).
General Discussion I.
Chronic pain and microglia: the role of ATP (Kazuhide Inoue,et al.).
Neurotrophic influences on neuropathic pain (Stephen B. McMahonand William B. J. Cafferty).
Changes in DRG neurons and spinal excitability in neuropathy(Koichi Noguchi, et al.).
Functional reorganization of the spinal pain pathways indevelopmental and pathological conditions (M. Yoshimura, etal.).
Central plasticity in pathological pain (Min Zhuo).
General Discussion II.
Anti-opioid systems in morphine tolerance and addiction:locus-specific involvement of nociceptin and NMDA receptor (HiroshiUeda).
Chronic morphine-induced plasticity among signalling molecules(Alan R. Gintzler and Sumita Chakrabarti).
Opioid tolerance and neuroplasticity (Jianren Mao).
General Discussion III.
A mechanism-based understanding of bone cancer pain (Patrick W.Mantyh).
Mechanistic and clinical aspects of complex regional painsyndrome (CRPS)(Ralf Baron).
Cortical pathophysiology of chronic pain (A. VaniaApkarian).
Final Discussion: Translating basic research to the clinic.
Index of contributors.
Subject index.