Chairs: Dr. Daniela Salvemini, Dr. Jason McDougall

This symposium will lead the audience along the pain pathway starting with the modulation of neuronal cation channels on peripheral nerve terminals as a means of controlling arthritis pain.

Nociceptor desensitization as a first step to control inflammatory pain
Dr. Jason McDougall, Dalhousie University, Canada

Neuron-macrophage communication in the dorsal root ganglia modulates chronic pain
Dr. Marzia Malcangio, King's College London, UK

Discovery of novel spinal inflammatory pathways that contribute to pain
Dr. Daniela Salvemini, Saint Louis University, USA

How microbial pathogens affect pain and itch
Dr. Isaac Chiu, Harvard Medical School, USA