The inability to effectively treat and manage chronic pain is one of the major public health challenges facing Canada today. One in five Canadians experiences chronic pain, imposing huge personal and societal costs. The spinal cord is an essential component of the pain transmission pathway and is a major site of dysfunction in chronic pain syndromes.
Join Michael Hildebrand as he addresses how chronic pain is thought to be mediated at the molecular and cellular levels, including how taking a foot off the brake directly causes a stepping on the gas for spinal cord excitability, leading to chronic pain. He will then discuss some current and potential future pain therapeutics that work to stop this runaway train of chronic pain.
Click here for a preview of the discussion featuring Michael Hildebrand.
Where: Ottawa Public Library, Sunnyside Branch, 1049 Bank Street.
When: Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 pm.
The free 20-minute discussion will be followed by a question and answer session. This concludes the Science Café series for 2013. It will commence again in winter 2014.
The Science Café series is organized by the Faculty of Science at Carleton University to discuss relevant issues facing our society and how science can help solve real-world problems. Meet some of our award-winning faculty members and graduate students as they share their excitement about science with the community. For more information, visit Sciencecafe.Carleton.ca.
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