(NAS Colloquium) The Neurobiology of Pain

1 Front Matter; 2 The Neurobiology of Pain; 3 John C. Liebeskind (1935-1997): A Tribute; 4 Sodium Channels and Pain; 5 A Comparison of the Potential Role of the Tetrodotoxin-insensitive Sodium Channels, PN3/SNS and NaN/SNS2, in Rat Models of Chronic Pain; 6 Tetrodotoxin-resistant Na+ Currents and Inflammatory Hyperalgesia; 7 Calcium Regulation of a Slow Post-spike Hyperpolarization in Vagal Afferent Neurons; 8 Ion Channels Gated by Heat; 9 Causalgia, Pathological Pain, and Adrenergic Receptors; 10 Forebrain Mechanisms of Nociception and Pain: Analysis Through Imaging; 11 A Visceral Pain Pathway in the Dorsal Column of the Spinal Cord; 12 The Spinal Biology in Humans and Animals of Pain States Generated by Persistent Small Afferent Input; 13 Supraspinal Contributions to Hyperalgesia; 14 Neutrophins and Hyperalgesia; 15 Src, a Molecular Switch Governing Gain Control of Synaptic Transmission Mediated by N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptors; 16 Pain Perception: Is There a Role for Primary Somatosensory Cortex?; 17 Implications of Immune-to-Brain Communication for Sickness and Pain; 18 Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor is an Endogenous Modulator of Nociceptive Responses in the Spinal Cord; 19 The Postnatal Development of Spinal Sensory Processing; 20 Transcriptional and Posttranslational Plasticity and the Generation of Inflammatory Pain; 21 Cellular Mechanisms of Neuropathic Pain, Morphine Tolerance, and Their Interactions; 22 Does a Neuroimmune Interaction Contribute to the Genesis of Painful Peripheral Neuropathies?; 23 Distinct Neurochemical Features of Acute and Persistent Pain; 24 The Genetic Mediation of Individual Differences in Sensitivity to Pain and Its Inhibition; 25 The u Opiate Receptor as a Candidate Gene for Pain: Polymorphisms, Variations in Expression, Nociception, and Opiate Responses; 26 NAS Colloquia