Dear CNAP member,
Following of our successful round table discussion in April with debates on “Central Sensitization”, we are delighted to invite you to the next meeting of the classical pain concepts, which will take place on October 2 2017 at 12:30 - 15:30 in room Frb 7C/2.209.
The goal of the round table discussions is to gather interested individuals and consolidate central knowledge, theory, phenomena and explore key emerging developments within pain principles. To achieve this goal, classical pain concepts will be discussed four times annually. Following the round table discussion there will be a social gathering. This time it will be flavoured by Oktoberfest.
In this round table, the focus will be on the theme “Cortical reorganization and pain”. In general, cortical reorganisation has a broad spectrum of manifestations as outlined in the review by Elbert and Rockstroh “reorganization of human representational cortex, encompassing 1) reconstruction in concurrence with enhanced behaviorally relevant afferent activity (examples include skilled musicians and blind Braille readers); 2) injury-related response dynamics as, for instance, driven by loss of input (examples include stroke, amputation, or in blind individuals); and 3) maladaptive reorganization pushed by the interaction between neuroplastic processes and aberrant environmental requirements (examples include synchronicity of input nurturing focal hand dystonia).” Within cortical reorganisation and pain there are several important papers where Herta Flor did a pioneering study on cortical reorganisation in phantom limb pain patients.
You are expected to have read the two “classics” (above) and the four selected papers (cf. programme) and prepared for a discussion of them.
Programme
12.30
Presentation of “the classic” – Flor 1995 by Jeppe
12.50
Pitch of all incoming papers (1 min for each paper/participant)
Why choosing this particular paper?
13.10
Presentation of selected papers:
- Zinn 2016: Intrinsic Functional Hypoconnectivity in Core Neurocognitive Networks Suggests Central Nervous System Pathology in Patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: A Pilot Study by Juan
13.30
Coffee break
14.00
Presentation of selected papers (continued):
- Gustin 2012: Pain and plasticity is chronic pain always associated with somatosensory cortex activity and reorganization by Suzan
- Seminowicz 2011: Effective Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain in Humans Reverses Abnormal Brain Anatomy and Function Jour Neuroscience by Enrico
- Houzé 2013: Changes in Sensory Hand Representation and Pain Thresholds Induced by Motor Cortex Stimulation in Humans by Dennis
15.00 October Fest
15.30 Thank you for today!
We look forward to the discussions, and hope that together we all achieve a deeper understanding of the classical pain concepts.
Kind regards on behalf of the CNAP round table executive committee,
Laura, Shellie, Parisa, Carsten, and Thomas
NB! Participation is mandatory for all CNAP members if not agreed otherwise with your RIG Head.