Unfortunately, unlike animal studies, neuropathic pain mechanisms in humans remain largely unclear; current clinical and neurophysiological research has proposed various mechanisms for each type ...

Convincing evidence now suggests that classifying neuropathic pain according to a mechanism-based rather than an etiology-based approach might help in targeting therapy to the individual patient ...

Zhang J et al. (2007) Expression of CCR2 in both resident and bone marrow-derived microglia plays a critical role in neuropathic pain. J Neurosci 27: 12396–12406 The part that activated ...

The University of Cincinnati’s Jun-Ming Zhang has received a five-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Institute of ...

Pain is meant to be a defense mechanism. It creates a strong sensation to get us to respond to a stimulus and prevent ourselves from further harm. But, sometimes injuries, nerve damage ...

I have 20 years research experience working in the field of pain research with colleagues in neuroscience groups around the world and in collaboration with industry. My main research focus is in the ...