DENT 600. Pain Mechanisms - Cells to Organisms
Credits: 3
Offered by: Dental Med & Oral Health Sci (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Foundation in the basic science of pain, including cellular and molecular mechanisms, pain neuroanatomy, and key theories. Preclinical and translational pain research. Topics include: animal models of pain, peripheral and central sensitization, pain-related brain and spinal circuits, neuroimmune interactions, pain genetics, sex-dependent mechanisms, translational control of pain and new and emerging therapeutics.
- Basic understanding of neuroscience, cell and molecular biology are recommended