TY - JOUR
T1 - Molecular pain, a new era of pain research and medicine
AU - Gu, Jianguo
AU - Zhuo, Min
AU - Caterina, Michael
AU - MacDermott, Amy B.
AU - Malmberg, Annika
AU - Neugebauer, Volker
AU - Yoshimura, Megumu
PY - 2005/1/14
Y1 - 2005/1/14
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1186/1744-8069-1-1
DO - 10.1186/1744-8069-1-1
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 15813987
AN - SCOPUS:33845221782
SN - 1744-8069
VL - 1
JO - Molecular Pain
JF - Molecular Pain
M1 - 1
ER -