NIAMS resource-based Center that fosters and supports research and training aimed at understanding mechanisms underlying pain in rheumatic and MSK diseases

Joined May 2022
Join us for the first C-COMP seminar of the academic year! Special guest appearances by two visting colleagues from Oulu. Contact us to register. Monday Aug 25, 3 pm CST
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Do check out the refreshed Pain Research Forum @PainResForum and sign up for their newsletters. A valuable resource! painresearchforum.org
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Excited to share our new publication! See the thread and article below 👇
Thrilled to share our new paper in @NatureHumBehav! nature.com/articles/s41562-0… We show that combining biological 🧬 and psychosocial 📋 data offers a much stronger, more reliable path to predicting pain and diagnosis. 🧵
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THIS JUST IN!!! 💫 #OAC #impactfactor increases from 7.2 to 9!!!!
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Microglia feet are highly dynamic and can be in contact with dense networks of axons. In this video by our #ElectronMicroscopy team using MICrONS data, a microglia (purple) contacts with an excitatory pyramidal neuron (gold). Slowly the axons under the feet are revealed.
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A new suite of harmless viruses allows researchers to target almost any type of brain cell. More in this great review on @_TheTransmitter: thetransmitter.org/cell-type… 🎥: Tanya Daigle, Emily Kussick, @LifeCanvasTech
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🌈🧠 In this beautiful rainbow collage, different types of cells in the mouse brain are illuminated thanks to a new suite of highly-specific genetic tools called the Armamentarium. Discover how they could open the doors to new brain disease therapies: alleninstitute.org/news/scie…
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You only have 3 days left to apply for the #LakeConference on Neural Coding and Dynamics! Don't let the sun set on your opportunity on this small and lively gathering of researchers in this emerging field of neuroscience. Apply by 5/23. Learn more: alleninstitute.org/events/la…
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😍 Just published this month! A weight reduction of ≥7.4kg associated with sig. improvements in knee #osteoarthritis pain+function #FREE Read more about the effectiveness of weight loss interventions for overweight adults with knee osteoarthritis - doi.org/pf2c
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Looking forward to #OARSI2025 We are delighted to have the OAC and OAC Open Journal Session on April 24th at 11 am KST @OARSInews @ProfDavidHunter @AM_Malf
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Flores-García et al. find that listening to music increases dopaminergic activity in the mesolimbic pathway and sex-dependent reduction in allodynia and anxiety-like and depression-like behavior. Learn more in #PAIN bit.ly/4hiDlus
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not too late to register or come to Chicago!
Please register to attend virtually- 1 pm CST April 7th. Dr Yvonne Lee!
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not too late to register or come to Chicago!
Please register to attend virtually- 1 pm CST April 7th. Dr Yvonne Lee!
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