Pain is ordinarily experienced as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience by events that result in, or have the potential to cause injury. In contrast, chronic pain is a maladaptive and debilitating condition that can result from nerve trauma, persistent inflammation, or disease. Currently available therapies have limited success in treating chronic pain and are associated with disabling, often intolerable, side effects.
Faculty Researching Pain
Trent Anderson
Pharmacology
Martha Bhattacharya
Neuroscience
Stephen Cowen
Psychology
Carol Kopruszinski
Pharmacology
Lalitha Madhavan
Neurology
Laurent Martin
Anesthesiology
Julie Pilitsis
Neurosurgery
Frank Porreca
Pharmacology