Plenary Speakers

Allan I. Basbaum, USA - History of neuropathic pain research – from basic science to the clinic

Fabrizio Benedetti, Italy - The placebo effect: from mechanisms to clinical implications

Anthony Henry Dickenson, UK - The role of potassium and other channels in the pathophysiology and treatment of neuropathic pain

Susan Mary Fleetwood-Walker, UK - An animal model of postherpetic neuralgia

Ian Gilron, Canada - Combination drug therapy for neuropathic pain

Hans-Peter Hartung, Germany - Multiple sclerosis and pain

Robert W. Johnson, UK - Towards prevention of postherpetic neuralgia

Henry J. McQuay, UK - Evidence-based assessment of interventional treatments for neuropathic pain

Michael H. Ossipov, USA - Descending control of neuropathic pain: inhibitory or facilitatory?

Michael W. Salter, Canada - Plasticity of spinal inhibition through microglia to neuron signaling

David Simpson, USA - Pain in HIV-associated neuropathy

Søren H. Sindrup, Denmark - Evidence-based medical treatment for neuropathic pain

Irene Tracey, UK - Functional imaging in neuropathic pain