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Commentaries
Respiration-induced hypoalgesia: Additional evidence for pain modulation deficits in fibromyalgia?, 01 February 2010 Jamie L. Rhudy pages 1-2 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (73 KB)
Pain – Not just a feeling, but a working brain, 15 February 2010 Jürgen Lorenz pages 3-4 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (73 KB)
Commentary: A burning question of subgroup analysis in pain trials, 10 February 2010 Jennifer Gibbs pages 5-6 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (77 KB)
A cure for back pain?, 03 February 2010 Nikolai Bogduk pages 7-8 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (74 KB)
Topical review
Social interaction in pain: Reinforcing pain behaviors or building intimacy?, 05 November 2009 Annmarie Cano, Amanda C. de C. Williams pages 9-11 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (98 KB)
Research papers
The effects of slow breathing on affective responses to pain stimuli: An experimental study, 15 January 2010 Alex J. Zautra, Robert Fasman, Mary C. Davis, Arthur D. (Bud) Craig pages 12-18 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (415 KB)
Performance-dependent inhibition of pain by an executive working memory task, 03 February 2010 Jason Buhle, Tor D. Wager pages 19-26 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (294 KB)
Effect of lingual nerve block on burning mouth syndrome (stomatodynia): A randomized crossover trial, 18 January 2010 Christelle Grémeau-Richard, Claude Dubray, Bruno Aublet-Cuvelier, Sylvie Ughetto, Alain Woda pages 27-32 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (518 KB)
Pharmacological effects of nonselective and subtype-selective nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists in animal models of persistent pain, 18 February 2010 BaoXi Gao, Markus Hierl, Kristie Clarkin, Todd Juan, Hung Nguyen, Marissa van der Valk, Hong Deng, Wenhong Guo, Sonya G. Lehto, David Matson, Jeff S. McDermott, Johannes Knop, Kevin Gaida, Lei Cao, Dan Waldon, Brian K. Albrecht, Alessandro A. Boezio, Katrina W. Copeland, Jean-Christophe Harmange, Stephanie K. Springer, Annika B. Malmberg, Stefan I. McDonough pages 33-49 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1099 KB)
Graded back pain revisited – Do latent variable models change our understanding of severe back pain in the general population?, 25 February 2010 Carsten Oliver Schmidt, Heiner Raspe, Thomas Kohlmann pages 50-56 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (204 KB)
Hypoalgesia related to elevated resting blood pressure is absent in adolescents and young adults with a history of functional abdominal pain, 01 February 2010 Stephen Bruehl, Christine M. Dengler-Crish, Craig A. Smith, Lynn S. Walker pages 57-63 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (191 KB)
Ventromedial prefrontal neurokinin 1 receptor availability is reduced in chronic pain, 05 February 2010 Clas Linnman, Lieuwe Appel, Tomas Furmark, Anne Söderlund, Torsten Gordh, Bengt Långström, Mats Fredrikson pages 64-70 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (452 KB)
The human vasodilator axon reflex – An exclusively peripheral phenomenon?, 08 February 2010 Peter Groetzner, Christian Weidner pages 71-75 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (506 KB)
Reference values for quantitative sensory testing in children and adolescents: Developmental and gender differences of somatosensory perception, 08 February 2010 M. Blankenburg, H. Boekens, T. Hechler, C. Maier, E. Krumova, A. Scherens, W. Magerl, F. Aksu, B. Zernikow pages 76-88 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (662 KB) | Add-Ons
Alteration of GABAergic and glycinergic mechanisms by lidocaine injection in the rostral ventromedial medulla of neuropathic rats, 16 February 2010 Nayef E. Saadé, Hassen Al Amin, Sima Tchachaghian, Suhayl J. Jabbur, Samir F. Atweh pages 89-99 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1484 KB)
NMDA-receptor activation and nitroxidative regulation of the glutamatergic pathway during nociceptive processing, 19 February 2010 Zhoumou Chen, Carolina Muscoli, Tim Doyle, L. Bryant, Salvatore Cuzzocrea, Vincenzo Mollace, Rosanna Mastroianni, Emanuela Masini, Daniela Salvemini pages 100-106 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (408 KB)
Cellular basis for opioid potentiation in the rostral ventromedial medulla of rats with persistent inflammatory nociception, 22 February 2010 Liang Zhang, Donna L. Hammond pages 107-116 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (783 KB)
Low-dose amitriptyline for treatment of persistent arm pain due to repetitive use, 22 February 2010 Rose H. Goldman, William B. Stason, Sung Kyun Park, Rokho Kim, Sharmila Mudgal, Roger B. Davis, Ted J. Kaptchuk pages 117-123 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (334 KB) | Add-Ons
A randomized placebo-controlled trial of intradiscal methylene blue injection for the treatment of chronic discogenic low back pain, 19 February 2010 Baogan Peng, Xiaodong Pang, Ye Wu, Changcheng Zhao, Xinghua Song pages 124-129 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (154 KB)
Sympathetic skin response following painful electrical stimulation is increased in major depression, 15 February 2010 Michael Karl Boettger, Wolf Greiner, Tobias Rachow, Christiane Brühl, Karl-Jürgen Bär pages 130-134 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (364 KB)
Anti-GD2 with an FC point mutation reduces complement fixation and decreases antibody-induced allodynia, 22 February 2010 Linda S. Sorkin, Mario Otto, William M. Baldwin, Emily Vail, Stephen D. Gillies, Rupert Handgretinger, Raymond C. Barfield, Hui Ming Yu, Alice L. Yu pages 135-142 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (556 KB)
Genetic variation in the beta2-adrenergic receptor but not catecholamine-O-methyltransferase predisposes to chronic pain: Results from the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study, 19 February 2010 Lynne J. Hocking, Blair H. Smith, Gareth T. Jones, David M. Reid, David P. Strachan, Gary J. Macfarlane pages 143-151 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (361 KB) | Add-Ons
Loose ligation of the rat sciatic nerve elicits early accumulation of Shank1 protein in the post-synaptic density of spinal dorsal horn neurons, 19 February 2010 Gordana Miletic, Catalina I. Dumitrascu, Christopher E. Honstad, Daniela Micic, Vjekoslav Miletic pages 152-159 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (515 KB)
Letters to the Editor
A failure of the review process? Comment on Ahsin et al. Clinical and endocrinological changes after electro-acupuncture treatment in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. Pain 2009;147:60–6, 19 February 2010 Neil E. O’Connell, Benedict M. Wand, David Colquhoun page 160 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (67 KB)
In defense of science: Investigation and evaluation without bias and prejudice, 19 February 2010 Sadia Ahsin, Ray Iles pages 160-161 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (81 KB)
A response to O’Connell et al. letter “A failure of the review process? Comment on Ahsin et al. Clinical and endocrinological changes after electro-acupuncture treatment in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. Pain 2009;147: 60–6”, 22 February 2010 Christopher Brown, Anthony Jones page 161 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (42 KB)
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