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Molecular pain, a new era of pain research and medicine

Yoshimura, Megumu; Gu, Jianguo; Zhuo, Min; Caterina, Michael; MacDermott, Amy B.; Malmberg, Annika; Neugebauer, Volker

Molecular pain is a relatively new and rapidly expanding research field that represents an advanced step from conventional pain research. Molecular pain research addresses physiological and pathological pain at the cellular, subcellular and molecular levels. These studies integrate pain research with molecular biology, genomics, proteomics, modern electrophysiology and neurobiology. The field of molecular pain research has been rapidly expanding in the recent years, and has great promise for the identification of highly specific and effective targets for the treatment of intractable pain. Although several existing journals publish articles on classical pain research, none are specifically dedicated to molecular pain research. Therefore, a new journal focused on molecular pain research is needed. Molecular Pain, an Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal, will provide a forum for molecular pain scientists to communicate their research findings in a targeted manner to others in this important and growing field.

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Molecular Pain
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8069-1-1

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Academic Units
Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Publisher
BioMed Central
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September 9, 2014