Symposia/Workshop programme

New insights into nociceptors

Synopsis

Organised by

Richard Morris (University of Liverpool)

Location *

TBC

0845	Welcome - Richard Morris
0900	Gordon Reid (University College Cork, Republic of Ireland) TRP channels and cold-induced pain: an open question?
0930	Dic Williams (Sandwich Laboratories, UK) Provisonal Title: Gabapentin and Pregabalin action
1000	Sandra Chaplan (Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development San Diego, USA) Provisonal Title: HCN channels and Pain
1030	Coffee
1100	Michel Lazdunski (Institut de Pharmacologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, Nice Sophia Antipolis, France) K2P and ASIC channels in pain perception
1130	John Wood (University College London, UK) Provisional Title: NaV channels and Pain

Synopsis

Pain, itch, temperature and pleasurable touch sensation arise under normal circumstances from stimulation of small diameter sensory fibres. Following tissue or nerve injury the properties of these fibres can change leading in some case to chronic pain or intolerable itch. Primary afferents that mediate noxious sensations are collectively referred to as nociceptors and there has been a recent explosion in knowledge about the ion-channels and receptors they express. Many of these are prime targets for drug treatment for conditions ranging from chronic inflammation through to neuropathic pain. This symposium will review many of the interesting developments in our understanding of nociceptor function at the ion channel level and the implications of this for clinical therapy.

Symposia Location Key

LT 1	Babbage Lecture Theatre	(New Museums Site)
LT 2	Cockcroft Lecture Theatre	(New Museums Site)
LT 3	Main Physiology Lecture Theatre	(Downing Site)
LT 4	Main Anatomy Lecture Theatre	(Downing Site)
LT 5	Biffin Lecture Theatre	(Downing Site)
LT 6	Physiology Lecture Theatre 3	(Downing Site)
LT 7	Arts School Room B	(New Museums Site)
LT 8	Arts School Room C	(New Museums Site)