International worshop: SENSORY EVALUATION OF PAIN AND ANALGESIA RESEARCH

描述(由申请者提供)：本次研讨会计划于2007年6月7日至10日在德国柏林举行，作为第二届国际神经性疼痛大会的卫星会议。大会副主席罗尔夫-德特尔夫·特雷德博士是拟议中的研讨会的联合主席。这个研讨会的重点是热伤害感--从神经生物学和翻译潜力两个方面。我们计划讨论和探索热伤害感受的分子和细胞生物学的最新进展，并将这些信息与成像技术(fMRI、MEG、EEG)联系起来。该研讨会的主要目标是：1)以相关神经生物学为基础，开发热伤害感受器在临床研究中的应用；2)发展产业界和学术界之间的合作，以促进这一领域的转化研究。从来没有一个研讨会旨在开发一种方法来选择性激活不同群体的伤害性感受器，包括潜在的生理和分子靶点(例如，瞬时受体潜力家族)，并将其与临床上有用的最先进的神经成像技术相联系。这个国际论坛面向对最先进的人类疼痛和止痛研究感兴趣的基础科学家、内科医生、心理学家(最多120名参与者)和其他健康专业人员。重点将集中在当前最先进的刺激方法(激光、辐射和接触热设备)和记录(心理物理学、诱发皮质电位、功能磁共振成像、脑磁图)用于疼痛研究和诊断以及临床止痛药开发方面。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This workshop is planned as a satellite meeting of Second International Congress on Neuropathic Pain, June 7 - 10, 2007, Berlin, Germany. Dr. Dr. Rolf-Detlef Treede, who is vice chair of the congress, is co- chair of the proposed workshop. This workshop is focused on thermal nociception - both in terms of its neurobiology and its translational potential. We plan to discuss and explore the latest advances in molecular and cell biology of thermal nociception, and link this information to state of art of imaging (FMRI, MEG, EEG). The major goals of this workshop are to: 1) develop the application of thermal nociceptive protocols for clinical research with grounding in relevant neurobiology and 2) develop collaboration between Industry and academia to foster translational research in this area. There has never been a workshop aimed at developing a methodology for selective activation of different populations of nociceptors encompassing both the underlying physiology and molecular targets (e.g., the transient receptor potential family), and relating it to clinically useful state-of-the art neuroimaging techniques. This international forum is for basic scientists, physicians, psychologists (up to 120 participants), and other health professionals interested in state-of-the-art human pain and analgesia research. The focus will be on the utilization of current state-of-the-art methodologies of stimulation (lasers, radiant and contact heat devices) and recording (psychophysics, evoked cortical potentials, functional magnetic resonance imaging, magnetoencephalography) for pain research and diagnosis, and for clinical analgesic development.