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Transition to chronic pain: opportunities for novel therapeutics

Authors :
Allan I. Basbaum
Tor D. Wager
Linda Porter
Jan F. Chambers
Jon D. Levine
Neil L. Schechter
Yves De Koninck
Ru-Rong Ji
Kathleen A. Sluka
Robert H. Dworkin
Joel Katz
Tony L. Yaksh
Theodore J. Price
Robert R. Edwards
Gregory W. Terman
Annemieke Kavelaars
Jacqueline C. Bresnahan
Source :
Nature reviews. Neuroscience, vol 19, iss 7
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018.

Abstract

Although chronic pain is one of the most important medical problems facing society, there has been very limited progress in the development of novel therapies for this condition. Here, we discuss high-impact research priorities to reduce the number of people transitioning from acute to chronic intractable pain.

Details

ISSN :
14710048 and 1471003X
Volume :
19
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....da24397933d9d8c0fae09db643c7288b
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-018-0012-5