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Halloween Party 2011 and 2012 (click images to see larger version)

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2013 Pain Mechanisms Lab Meetings

January 7, 2013	Jim Eisenach, MD
January 14, 2013	FuZhou Wang, PhD
January 21, 2013	Martin Luther King Holiday
January 28, 2013	Jeff Martin, PhD
February 4, 2013	Tim Houle, PhD
February 11, 2013	Doug Ririe, MD
February 18, 2013	Rebecca Wells, MD
February 25, 2013	Takashi Suto, MD, PhD
March 4, 2013	Amie Severino, BS
March 11, 2013	Ken Hayashida, DVM, Ph
March 18, 2013	Dani Boada, PhD, MSc
March 25, 2013	Jim Eisenach, MD
April 1, 2013	FuZhou Wang, PhD
April 8, 2013	Chris Peters, PhD
April 15, 2013	Jeff Martin, PhD
April 22, 2013	Tim Houle, PhD
April 29, 2013	Doug Ririe, MD
May 6, 2013	Carol Aschenbrenner, MA
May 13, 2013	Jim Eisenach, MD
May 20, 2013	Jim Eisenach, MD
May 27, 2013	Memorial Day Holiday

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Postdoctoral Journal / Data Club 2012-2013 Schedule 

• October 5, 2012 - Christopher Peters, PhD 
  Journal Club-Endogenous Opiods Released During Non-Nociceptive Environmental Stress Induce Latent pain Sensitization Via a NMDA-Dependent Process
• October 19, 2012 – Fuzhou Wang, PhD
  Increasing TNF levels solely in the rat hippocampus produces persistent pain-like symptoms. 
• November 2, 2012 – Takashi Suto, MD, PhD
  Long-term effect of epidural injection with sustained-release lidocaine particles in a rat model of postoperative pain
• November 16, 2012 - Silvia Guiterrez, PhD
  Thrombospondin – 4 Contributes to Spinal Sensitization and Neuropathic Pain States
• November 30, 2012 – Amie Severino, Graduate Student
  Changes in response properties of rostral ventromedial medulla neurons during prolonged inflammation: Modulation by neurokinin-1 receptors
• December 14, 2012 - Faculty
• January 4, 2013 – FuZhou Wang, PhD, Independent Contributions of Alcohol and Stress Axis Hormones to Painful Peripheral Neuropathy
• January 25, 2013 – Takashi Suto, MD, PhD
  Inhibition of class II histone deacetylases in the spinal cord attenuates inflammatory hyperalgesia
• February 8, 2013 – Silvia Gutierrez, PhD
  Blocking Caspase Activity Prevents Transsynaptic Neuronal Apoptosis and the Loss of Inhibition in Lamina II of the Dorsal Horn after Peripheral Nerve Surgery
• March 22, 2013 – FuZhou Wang, PhD
  The contribution of TNF-α in the amygdala to anxiety in mice with persistent inflammatory pain 
• April 5, 2013 – Takashi Suto, MD, PhD
  Chronic Pain Leads to Concomitant Noradrenergic Impairment and Mood Disorders
• May 3, 2013 – Amie Severino, BS, Graduate Student
  Spinal astrocyte gap junctions contribute to oxaliplatin-induced mechanical hypersensitivity
• May 24, 2013 – Christopher Peters, PhD
  Spinal Toll-like receptor signaling and nociceptive processing: Regulatory balance between TIRAP and TRIF cascades mediated by TNF and IFNbeta
• June 7, 2013 – Fuzhou Wang, PhD
  Epidermal adrenergic signaling contributes to inflammation and pain sensitization in a rat model of complex regional pain syndrome  
  

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Pain Interest Group Seminars 

2012-2013

• May 17, 2013, Dr. Robert Takashi Sudo, Visiting Full Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil , “Antinociceptive effect of new zolpidem analogues, LASSBio-873 and LASSBio-981, in animal models of acute and chronic pain”
  

2011-2012

• December 3, 2012-Dr. Donald Simone, Ph.D., Professor and Interim Chair, Dept. of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, “Descending Facilitation of Pain: Modulation by Substance P and NK-1 Receptors”
• January 10, 2012 - Dr. Larry Young, Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Center for Translational Social Neuroscience, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. "Oxytocin, Vasopressin and the Neurobiology of Social Bonding: Implications for Autism".
• December 6, 2011 - Dr. Volker Neugebauer, Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX. "Maladaptive Brain Plasticity in Pain: Amygdala and Prefrontal Cortex".

2009– 2010

• March 9, 2010-Jessica Spradley. Graduate student, Dept. of Psychology, University of Georgia, "The Effects of Central and Peripheral Endocannabinoid Modulation on Pain."
• March 1, 2010-Dr. Edward Boyden, Assistant Professor of Biodemical Engineering, MIT, "Novel Optical Biological Control Tools: Enabling Integrative Analysis and Engineering of Neural Substrates."
• February 1, 2010-Dr. Yi Ye, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, UCSF, "Heat Sensitivity of Myelinated Nociceptors and Acute Effects of Inflammation in Newborn Mice."
• January 11, 2010-Dr. Misha Backonja, Professor of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, "Complexity and Dynamic Nature of Neuropathic Pain and Implications."
• November 11, 2009-Dr. Esther Pogatzki-Zahn, Dept. Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Muenster, "Mechanisms of Post-operative Incisional Pain: Translation from Bench to Bedside"
• October 12, 2009-Dr. Tony Pickering, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Bristol, "Targeted Genetic Manipulation of Noradrenergic Descending Control"

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Previous PIG Seminar Guest Speakers:

2007  

• Tony Yaksh, PhD  UCSD
• Rami Burstein, PhD, Harvard
• Gil Yosopovitch, MD  WFUHS
• Chuck Tong, MD, WFUHS
• Tony Yaksh, PhD  UCSD 

2006 

• Susan G. Carlton, PhD, Univ of Texas, Galveston
• Joyce DeLeo, PhD, Dartmouth School of Medicine
• John Neubert, PhD, DDS, College of Dentistry, Univ. of Florida
• Michelle A. Vincler, PhD, Wake Forest Univ. Health Sciences
• Camilla Svensson, PhD, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA
• Steve Yellon, PhD, Loma Linda School of Medicine, CA

2005 and earlier  

• Timothy J. Brennan, PhD, Carver College of Medicine, Univ. of Iowa
• Alex Cahana, MD, Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland
• Robert Coghill, PhD, Neurobiology & Anatomy, WFUHS
• Scott Hemby, PhD, Physiology & Pharmacology, WFUHS
• Gayle Page, PhD,   Johns Hopkins
• Frank Porreca, PhD, Pharmacology, Univ. of Arizona
• Jim Rathmell, MD, University of Vermont
• Richard Rauck, MD, Center for Clinical Research & WFUHS
• Scott Schell, MD,  Dept. of Surgery, Univ. of Florida
• Joseph Tobin, MD, Anesthesiology, WFUSH
• Linda Watkins, PhD, Director, Neurosciences & Psychology, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
• Jerry Gebhardt, PhD, University of Iowa
• Timothy J. Brennan, PhD, Carver College of Medicine, Univ. of Iowa 

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Symposia

Neural Plasticity and Pain: East meets East
November 21, 2008	Koichi Noguchi, MD, PhD, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan Mitsuo Tanabe, PhD, Nagoya City University, Japan Hideaki Obata, MD, PhD, Gunma University, Japan Kin-ichiro Hayashida, DVM, PhD, WFUHS (Organizer)
Cholinergic Mechanisms of Analgesia
February 7, 2007	Matilde Cordero-Erausquin, PhD, Universite Laval, Canada Hui-Lin Pan, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas Michelle Vncler, PhD, WFUHS  James C. Eisenach, MD, WFUHS (Organizer)
Predictors of Pain
May 26, 2005	Michael J. Costigan, PhD, Mass Gen Hosp, Harvard, Boston, MA Maria Fitzgerald, PhD, Neurobiology, University College, London. Willliam Maixner, DDS, PhD, Pharmacology & Endodontics, UNC. Robert Coghill, PhD, Neurobiology & Anatomy, WFUHS Thomas J. Martin, PhD, Anesthesiology, WFUHS (Organizer)
Chronic Pain in Women  after Surgery or Childbirth:  Incidence, Causes and Prevention
October 19, 2004	Patricia Lavand’homme, MD Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Ruth Landau, MD, University of Geneva, Switzerland Richard Smiley, MD, Columbia, University, NY Peter Pan, MD, Wake Forest Univ. School of Medicine James C. Eisenach, MD, Anesthesia, WFUHS (Organizer)
Chronic Opioids in Pain and Addiction:  Perspectives from the Laboratory to the Clinic
May 27, 2004	Charles Chavkin, PhD, Univ. of Washington, Seattle Frank Porreca, PhD, Pharmacology, Tucson, Univ. of Arizona Nathaniel Katz, MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, M Thomas J. Martin, PhD, Anesthesiology, WFUHS Steven Childers, PhD, Physiology&Pharmacology, WFHUS (Organizer)
Obstetric Pain:  Physiology and Pharmacology (A Retrospective Dedication to Dr. David Dewan)
April 25, 2003	Raymond E. Papka, MD, Neurobiology, Northeastern Ohio Universities Lars Arendt-Nielsen, MD, PhD, Aalborg Univ., Denmark Priti Bajaj, MD, Aalborg Hospital, Denmark Alan Gintzler, PhD, Biochemistry, SUNY,  Brooklyn, NY Roger Fillingham, PhD, College of Dentistry, Univ. of Florida Chuanyao Tong, MD, Anesthesiology, WFUHS James C. Eisenach, MD, WFUHS (Organizer)