Physiology and pharmacology of Pain
| Nature | Unknown label |
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| Credit hour | 3 |
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| Total number of hours | 29 |
| Number of hours for lectures | 25 |
| Number of hours for tutorials | 4 |
Prerequisites
Pas de pré-requis
Goals
Knowing the physiology and physiopathology of pain and the principles of clinical pain management
Content
Our aim is to ‘understand pain’: how it comes (acute pain) and how it may become permanent in pathological conditions (chronic pain). This is a ‘translational’ teaching: from anatomy and physiology to clinical pain management, trough physiopathology.
Lectures
- Preclinical methods for the study of pain;
- Peripheral mechanisms of nociception;
- Processing of nociceptive information within the spinal and medullary dorsal horns;
- Plasticity of nociceptive circuits within the spinal and medullary dorsal horns;
- Neuroanatomy of pain pathways and mechanisms of pain modulation;
- Central neurochemistry et physiopathology of pain – Inhibitory systems;
- Peripheral neurochimistry et physiopathology of inflammatory and neuropathic pains (ionic channels);
- Preclinical and clinical evidence for the efficacy of antalgics. Mechanisms of action.
Tutorials
Critically reading publications
Lectures
- Preclinical methods for the study of pain;
- Peripheral mechanisms of nociception;
- Processing of nociceptive information within the spinal and medullary dorsal horns;
- Plasticity of nociceptive circuits within the spinal and medullary dorsal horns;
- Neuroanatomy of pain pathways and mechanisms of pain modulation;
- Central neurochemistry et physiopathology of pain – Inhibitory systems;
- Peripheral neurochimistry et physiopathology of inflammatory and neuropathic pains (ionic channels);
- Preclinical and clinical evidence for the efficacy of antalgics. Mechanisms of action.
Tutorials
Critically reading publications
Additional Information
Knowing the physiology and physiopathology of pain and the principles of clinical pain management