Tomorrow is the final day to submit your designs for the 2026 World Congress on Pain t-shirt. Show off your creativity, and win free congress registration, by submitting you design for a limited-edition t-shirt to be sold in Bangkok by 21 April: bit.ly/47V2yIp
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In this week’s #PAIN Featured Image, @pauljaustin.bsky.social et al. depict the imaging mass cytometry protocol optimization and quantitative data analysis workflow for their assessment of CRPS-affected, contralateral unaffected, and healthy control skin. Learn more at bit.ly/3O91rhS
Kaneko et al. find that pregabalin modulates intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis by increasing Ca2+ extrusion activity via the plasma membrane Na+–Ca2+ exchanger in Merkel cells. Learn more in #PainReports bit.ly/4ruK4qb
Annina Schmid, PhD, MManipTher, will discuss why entrapment neuropathies are the most common cause of nerve injury and neuropathic pain in her #2026WorldCongressonPain Plenary Lecture. Register to attend: bit.ly/4e0fErL
Early Bird Registration Rate Ends 15 May
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Did you see Mukoyama et al.’s delineating a program of macrophage diversification that underpins both joint inflammation and pain? Check out this #PRF #PapersoftheWeek #EditorsPick from @scienge.org #ScienceAdvances bit.ly/4sLrEBY
2026 Global Year webinar
2026 Global Year Fact Sheets
The next #GlobalYear2026 on Neuropathic Pain webinar will take place on 21 April. Register for Living with Neuropathic Pain: It Hurts! today: bit.ly/4c5xU0c
Be sure to also read 3 new Fact Sheets covering different aspects of neuropathic pain: bit.ly/4vj9Uzt
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In this week’s #PAIN Featured Image, Wang et al. present their working hypothesis of the mPFCCaMKIIα-vlPAGGABA circuit. Learn more in #PAIN bit.ly/4b7MYdr
Neil O’Connell, PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons), will address the critical issue of scientific rigor and reproducibility in pain research in his #2026WorldCongressonPain Plenary Lecture.
Register to attend: bit.ly/4e0fErL
Early Bird Registration Rate Ends 15 May
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Have you considered the African spiny mouse as a model system for nervous system research? Check out this review detailing their unique capability of scarless tissue regeneration, extending to the nervous system bit.ly/4bKlcFr #PRF #EditorsPick #PapersoftheWeek
Late-breaking Poster Abstracts 2026 WCP
Present a Poster at the #2026WorldCongressonPain to give your work exceptional visibility and exposure to a global professional network. Submit your late-breaking poster abstract to present to the world's leading pain experts: bit.ly/3XHoyB2
Deadline: 1 May
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In this week’s #PAIN Featured Image, Zeidan et al. demonstrate how mindfulness meditation significantly reduced state anxiety relative to control, but lower state anxiety was only marginally associated with lower pain intensity ratings #PAIN bit.ly/3NgFmxj
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Liu et al. find that bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes alleviate chronic visceral pain and anxiety in rats with irritable bowel syndrome by activating Nrf-2/HO-1 and reducing oxidative stress. Learn more in #PainReports
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In this episode of Pain Exchange, host Dr. Renee Chasse speaks with bioethicist, Dr. Daniel Buchman, and dedicated patient advocate, Joletta Belton, ways artificial intelligence is making an impact on the field of pain research and management. Listen Here: bit.ly/3O0dIFa
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What do you think of the results of Tabacof et al.’s RCT reporting durable improvements in #neuropathicpain after using a novel audio-visual stimulation #neuromodulation device? Check out this #PRF #EditorsPick bit.ly/4db4ccE
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Past designs. Future ideas. Take a look at T-shirt designs from the 2022 and 2024 World Congress on Pain.
Submit your design for 2026: bit.ly/47V2yIp
Deadline: 21 April 2026
In this week’s #PAIN Featured Image, Cermak et al. depict increased perineuronal nets in the nucleus accumbens core and shell of a mouse model of neuropathic pain. Learn more at bit.ly/4cvRRPS
Walker et al. argue that equitable pain care requires integrating awareness of social conditions and structural inequities with clinician reflection and coordinated action across healthcare, communities, and policy. Learn more in #PainReports bit.ly/4rup1E6
Present a Poster at the #2026WorldCongressonPain to give your work exceptional visibility and exposure to a global professional network. Submit your late-breaking poster abstract to present to the world's leading pain experts: bit.ly/3XHoyB2 Deadline: 1 May #IASP2026
Have you seen Su et al.’s newest results in @cp-neuron.bsky.social reframing malocclusion as a sensorimotor-motivational integration disorder? Check out this #PapersoftheWeek #EditorsPick from @rpseal.bsky.social bit.ly/4lBcJYv #PRF #transgenic #mouse #neuroscience
T-shirt submisisons
Design the official T-shirt for the 2026 World Congress on Pain. Submit original designs reflecting pain research and/or Thailand. Finalists will be selected for community voting. The winner receives complimentary Congress registration. Submit by 21 April: bit.ly/47V2yIp
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This week’s #PAIN Featured Image is from Peng et al. They found that noninvasive cranial suture stimulation can induce headache. Despite contradictive animal data, the effect appears unrelated to the stimulation sites with respect to the suture bit.ly/4cwiCDI
Although individuals with upper or lower limb nerve injuries, treated either nonsurgically or surgically, face a higher risk of using pain medication, Dahlin et al. find that surgical treatment reduces that risk. Learn more in #PainReports bit.ly/4rup0jw
Advancing Research on the Social Dimensions of Pain: Emerging Evidence and Future Directions
The Social Aspects of Pain SIG invites abstract submissions from researchers interested in presenting during their 20 May webinar.
Submit an abstract by 31 March. bit.ly/4sGZPKP
Late-breaking Poster Abstracts 2026 WCP
Now Accepting Late-Breaking Poster Abstracts
Submit your late-breaking poster abstract today to present to the world's leading pain experts and luminaries: bit.ly/3XHoyB2
Deadline: 1 May
Angelika Lampert, MD of Uniklinik RWTH Aachen (Germany), will present her plenary lecture, Bridging Molecules and Mechanisms: Sensory Neurons and Sodium Channels in Neuropathic Pain, at the 2026 World Congress on Pain. bit.ly/4qx0aOI #IASP2026
In this week’s #PAIN Featured Image, Enders et al. depict representative images of cultured wildtype and Fabry DRG neurons, and 2-way ANOVA, with a main effect of genotype: P < 0.005. Learn more at bit.ly/4qid6b6
Wilderman et al. propose the “integral of pain relief” as a value that combines the approximate percentage and duration of pain relief to compare the efficacy of different treatments. Learn more in #PainReports bit.ly/4ruoYYW
Aligned with the @iasp.bsky.social Global Year on Neuropathic Pain, from the Neuropathic Pain Working Group of SED, we just published a national survey on trends in pharmacological treatment and clinical decision-making.
Have a look at our findings 👇
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Have you registered for next week’s #PRF #journalclub with @iasp.bsky.social Acute Pain SIG and Dan Arendt? Join us on 18 March to discuss Harvey et al’s review on buprenorphine and full agonist opioids for acute postoperative pain management bit.ly/3ZKd6pp
Amy Peckham-Driver Credit to the BBC
Amy Peckham-Driver Credit to the BBC
Amy Peckham-Driver Credit to the BBC
New report by Endometriosis UK reveals concerning trends in diagnosis and treatment. 39% of respondents visited their GP 10+ times before endometriosis was suspected. How can we improve education and earlier recognition of symptoms? #PainResearch #WomensHealth #IASP #BBC bit.ly/3ORSKs7
