SUPPLEMENT 6 AUGUST 1999

A TRIBUTE TO PATRICK D. WALL

CONTENTS
PREFACE
A tribute to Patrick D. Wall
R. Dubner (USA)

ARTICLES
Merci, Professeur P.D. Wall
J.-M. Besson (France)

Second messengers, the substantia gelatinosa and injury-induced persistent pain
K.R. Petersen-Zeitz, A.I. Basbaum (USA)

Effects of hypogastric neurectomy on escape responses to uterine distention in the rat
J.L. Temple, H.B. Bradshaw, E. Wood, K.J. Berkley (USA)

Assaying structural changes after nerve damage, an essay on quantitative morphology
R.E. Coggeshall (USA)

Unexplained peculiarities of the dorsal root ganglion
M. Devor (Israel)

Immediate and long-term plasticity in human somatosensory thalamus and its involvement in phantom limbs
J.O. Dostrovsky (Canada)

Endogenous mechanisms of sensory modulation
R. Dubner, K. Ren (USA)

Response properties of spinal interneurons in awake, behaving primates
E.E. Fetz (USA)

Pain: an unpleasant topic
H.L. Fields (USA)

Building blocks of pain: the regulation of key molecules in spinal sensory neurones during development and following peripheral axotomy
D. Alvares, M. Fitzgerald (UK)

From electrical wiring to plastic neurons: evolving approaches to the study of pain
S.J. Jabbur, N.E. Saade (Lebanon)

The changing sensitivity in the life of the nociceptor
M. Koltzenburg (Germany)

The primary afferent nociceptor as pattern generator
D.B. Reichling, J.D. Levine (USA)

Causes and consequences of sympathetic basket formation in dorsal root ganglia ,
.S. Ramer, S.W.N. Thompson, S.B. McMahon (UK)

From the gate to the neuromatrix
R. Melzack (Canada)

Neurotrophin action on sensory neurons in adults: an extension of the neurotrophic hypothesis
L.M. Mendell (USA)

The molecular pathophysiology of pain: abnormal expression of sodium channel genes and its contributions to hyperexcitability of primary sensory neurons
S.G. Waxman (USA)

Implications of recent advances in the understanding of pain pathophysiology for the assessment of pain in patients
C.J. Woolf, 1. Decosterd (USA)

Regulation of spinal nociceptive processing: where we went when we wandered onto the path marked by the gate
T.L. Yaksh (USA)

Author Index
Keyword Index

Contents to Volume 84 (1999)

Number 1 - January 2000

EDITORIAL
Pain in the New Millennium
R. Dubner (USA)

REVIEW ARTICLE
The role of corticotropin-releasing factor in pain and analgesia
W.R. Lariviere, R. Melzack (Canada)

RESEARCH PAPERS
Moxonidine. a selective imidazoline/a2 adrenergic receptor agonist, synergizes with morphine and deltorphin II to inhibit substance P-induced behavior in mice
C.A. Fairbanks, I.J. Posthumus, K.F. Kitto, L.S. Stone, G.L. Wilcox (USA)

Increased spinal cholecystokinin activity after systemic resiniferatoxin: electrophysiological and in situ hybridization studies
C. Broberger, T. Farkas-Szallasi, A. Szallasi, J.M. Lundberg, T. Hokfelt, Z. Wiesenfeld-Hallin, X.-J. Xu (Sweden)

Interaction between cutaneous and muscle afferent activity in polysynaptic reflex pathways: a human experimental study
O.K. Andersen, T. Graven-Nielsen, D. Matre, L. Arendt-Nielsen, E.D. Schomburg (Denmark, Germany)

Pain measurement with evoked potentials: combination of subjective ratings, randomized intensities, and long interstimulus intervals produces a P300-like confound
D.E. Becker, D.W. Haley, V.M. Urena, C.D. Yingling (USA)

Predicting responses to self-management treatments for chronic pain: application of the pain stages of change model
R.D. Kerns, R. Rosenberg (USA)

Relative potency of epidural to intrathecal clonidine differs between acute thermal pain and capsaicin-induced allodynia
J.C. Eisenach, D.D. Hood, R. Curry (USA)

Fear and anxiety: divergent effects on human pain thresholds
J.L. Rhudy, M.W. Meagher (USA)

Parietal and cingulate processes in central pain. A combined positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study of an unusual case
R. Peyron, L. García-Larrea, M.C. Grégoire, P. Convers, A. Richard. F. Lavenne, F.G. Barral, F. Mauguiere, D. Michel, B. Laurent (France)

Remembering an everyday pain: the role of knowledge and experience in the recall of the quality of dysmenorrhoea
E.E. Brodie, C.A. Niven (UK)

The economic burden of back pain in the UK
N. Maniadakis, A. Gray (UK)

Oral naloxone reverses opioid-associated constipation
W. Meissner, U. Schmidt, M. Hartmann, R. Kath, K. Reinhart (Germany)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Comment on van Poppel, M.N.M.. et al.. Risk factors for back pain incidence in industry: a prospective study. Pain 77 (1998) 81-86
D.A. Fishbain (USA)

The bee venom test: comparisons with the formalin test and with injection of different venoms
W.R. Lariviere, R. Melzack (Canada)

Comment on Rommel et al., Pain 80 (1999) 95-101
B.S. Galer (USA)

Comment on Walks et al.. Pain 72 (1997) 15-22
D.A. Fishbain (USA)

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence (again), Comment on Wasner et al.. Pain 79 (1999) 113-119
F. Cervero, J.M.A. Laird (Spain)

TOPICAL REVIEW
Spinal nerve ligation: what to blame for the pain and why
M.S. Gold (USA)

REVIEW ARTICLE
Antagonists of excitatory opioid receptor functions enhance morphine's analgesic potency and attenuate opioid tolerance/dependence liability
S.M. Crain, K.-F. Shen (USA)

RESEARCH PAPERS
Computer-assisted infrared thermographic study of axon reflex induced by intradermal melittin
N. Koyama, K. Hirata, K. Hori, K. Dan, T. Yokota (Japan)

Secondary hyperalgesia persists in capsaicin desensitized skin
P.N. Fuchs, J.N. Campbell, R.A. Meyer (USA)

Effects of intrathecal administration of ziconotide, a selective neuronal N-type calcium channel blocker, on mechanical allodynia and heat hyperalgesia in a rat model of postoperative pain
Y.-X. Wang, M. Pettus, D. Gao, C. Phillips, S.S. Bowersox (USA)

Cytokine involvement in dynorphin-induced allodynia
T.M. Laughlin, J.R. Bethea, R.P. Yezierski, G.L. Wilcox (USA)

Involvement of presurgical pain in preemptive analgesia for orthopedic surgery: a randomized double blind study
S. Aida, H. Fujihara, K. Taga, S. Fukuda, K. Shimoji (Japan)

Antihyperalgesic effects of intrathecally administered magnesium sulfate in rats
Y. Takano, E. Sato, T. Kaneko, I. Sato (Japan)

Electronic diary assessment of pain, disability and psychological adaptation in patients differing in duration of pain
M.L. Peters, M.J. Sorbi, D.A. Kruise, J.J. Kerssens, P.F.M. Verhaak, J.M. Bensing (The Netherlands)

Mechanisms underlying the effects of remote noxious stimulation and mental activities on exteroceptive jaw reflexes in man
H.W. van der Glas, S.W. Cadden, A. van der Bilt (The Netherlands, UK)

Treatment outcome of chronic non-malignant pain patients managed in a Danish multidisciplinary pain centre compared to general practice: a randomised controlled trial
N. Becker, P. Sjøgren, P. Bech, A.K. Olsen, J. Eriksen (Denmark)

Modulation of nociceptive transmission by NMDA/glycine site receptor in the ventroposterolateral nucleus of the thalamus
F. Bordi, M. Quartaroli (Italy)

Factors associated with anxiety and depression in facial arthromyalgia
G. Madland, C. Feinmann, S. Newman (UK)

Bilateral behavioral and regional cerebral blood flow changes during painful peripheral mononeuropathy in the rat
P.E. Paulson, T.J. Morrow, K.L. Casey (USA)

Validity of the Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale (PASS): prediction of physical capacity variables
J.W. Bums, J.T. Mullen, L.J. Higdon, J.M. Wei, D. Lansky (USA)

Characteristics of ectopic discharges in a rat neuropathic pain model
H. Chul Han, D. Hyun Lee, J. Mo Chung (USA)

Opioid inhibition of formalin-induced changes in plasma extravasation and local blood flow in rats
B.K. Taylor, M.A. Peterson, R.E. Roderick, J. Tate, P.G. Green, J.O. Levine, A.I. Basbaum (USA)

Interactions of intrathecally administered ziconotide, a selective blocker of neuronal N-type voltage-sensitive calcium channels, with morphine on nociception in rats
Y.-X. Wang, D. Gao, M. Pettus, C. Phillips, S.S. Bowersox (USA)

Sleep arousal response to experimental thermal stimulation during sleep in human subjects tree of pain and sleep problems
G. Lavigne, M. Zucconi, C. Castronovo, C. Manzini, P. Marchettini, S. Smirne (Canada, Italy)

Efficacy of a vibratory stimulus for the relief of HIV-associated neuropathic pain
J.A. Paice, S. Shott, F.P. Oldenburg, J. Zeiler, B. Swanson (USA)

Differences in somatic perception in female patients with irritable bowel syndrome with and without fibromyalgia
L. Chang, E.A. Mayer, T. Johnson, L.Z. FitzGerald, B. Naliboff (USA)

Spontaneous activity of axotomized afferent neurons after L5 spinal nerve injury in rats
X.-G. Liu, S. Eschenfelder, K.-H. Blenk, W. Janig, H.-J. Habler (Germany)

Distribution and regulation of a2-adrenoceptors in rat dorsal root ganglia
T.-J.S. Shi, U. Winzer-Serhan, F. Leslie, T. Hokfelt (Sweden, USA)

No effect of sympathetic sudomotor activity on capsaicin-evoked ongoing pain and hyperalgesia
G. Wasner, A. Binder, F. Kopper, R. Baron (Germany)

Effect of propranolol and granisetron on experimentally induced pain and allodynia/hyperalgesia by intramuscular injection of serotonin into the human masseter muscle
M. Emberg, T. Lundeberg, S. Kopp (Sweden)

The relation between pain beliefs, negative thoughts, and psychosocial functioning in chronic pain patients
M.W. Stroud, B.E. Thorn, M.P. Jensen. J.L. Boothby (USA)

Long-term changes in sciatic-evoked A-fiber dorsal hom field potentials accompany loose ligation of the sciatic nerve in rats
G. Miletic, V. Miletic (USA)

Lower limb cold exposure induces pain and prolonged small fiber dysfunction in Fabry patients
M.J. Hilz, B. Stemper, E.H. Kolodny (USA, Germany)

The reliability and validity of the COMFORT scale as a postoperative pain instrument in 0 to 3-year-old infants
M. van Dijk, J.B. de Boer, H.M. Koot, D. Tibboel, J. Passchier, H.J. Duivenvoorden (The Netherlands)

The prevalences of cytochrome c oxidase negative and superpositive fibres and ragged-red fibres in the trapezius muscle of female cleaners with and without myalgia and of female healthy controls
B. Larsson, J. Bjork, K.-G. Henriksson, B. Gerdle, R. Lindman (Sweden)

Simultaneous depletion of neurokinin A, substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide from the caudal trigeminal nucleus of the rat during electrical stimulation of the trigeminal ganglion
M. Samsam, R. Covenas, R. Ahangari, J. Yajeya, J.A. Narvaez, G. Tramu (Spain, France)

Functional interplay between gelatinases and hyperalgesia in endotoxin-induced localized inflammatory pain
R.S. Talhouk, L. Hajjar, R. Abou-Gergi, C.J. Simaa'n, G. Mouneimne, N.E. Saade', B. Safieh-Garabedian (Lebanon)

Intramuscular and intradermal injection of capsaicin: a comparison of local and referred pain
N. Witting, P. Svensson, H. Gottrup, L. Arendt-Nielsen, T.S. Jensen (Denmark)

Density of sympathetic axons in sural nerve biopsies of neuropathy patients is related to painfulness
A. Bickel, M. Butz, M. Schmelz, H.O. Handwerker, B. Neundorfer (Germany)

Co-administration of sub-antinociceptive doses of oxycodone and morphine produces marked antinociceptive synergy with reduced CNS side-effects in rats
F.B. Ross, S.C. Wallis, M.T. Smith (Australia)

CLINICAL NOTES
Bilateral hand oedema related to acupuncture
C.J.L. McCartney, R. Herriot, W.A. Chambers (UK)

Motor cortex stimulation for chronic neuropathic pain: a preliminary study of 10 cases
D. Carroll, C. Joint, N. Maartens, D. Shiugman, J. Stein, T.Z. Aziz (UK)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence (again)
Response to Dr. F. Cervero and Dr. J.M.A. Laird
G. Wasner, R. Baron, W. Janig (Germany)

R3 component of the blink reflex is not a suitable model to investigate trigeminal nociception. Comment on Jaaskelainen et al., Pain 80 (1999) 191-200
J. Ellrich (Germany)

Reply to Dr. Jens Ellrich
S.K. Jaaskelainen (Finland)

When the whole is more than the sum of its parts, comments on Treede et al., Pain 79 (1999) 105-111
C. Eccleston, G. Crombez (UK, Belgium)

Comments on Treede et al., Pain 79 (1999) 105-111
M. Hooper (Australia)

Reply to Eccleston and Crombez, Reply to Hooper
R.-D. Treede, D.R. Kenshalo, R.H. Gracely, A.K.P. Jones (Germany. USA, UK)

Comments on Moore et al.. Pain 78 (1998) 209-216
S. Amer, B.A. Meyerson (Sweden)

Reply to Amer and Meyerson
R.A. Moore, H. McQuay (UK)

The bigger the better or small but perfectly formed?
C.J. Woolf (USA)

Comments on France and Suchowiecki, Pain 81 (1999) 77-84
S. Petersen-Felix, L. Arendt-Nielsen (Switzerland, Denmark)

Reply to Petersen-Felix and Arendt-Nielsen
C. France, S. Suchowiecki (USA)

Author Index to Volume 84
Contents to Volume 84

Contents to Volume 83 (1999)

Number 1 - October 1999

EDITORIAL

RESEARCH PAPERS
Corticotropin-releasing-hormone lacks analgesic properties: an experimental study in humans, using non-inflammatory pain
S. Lautenbacher, S. Roscher, G. Kohl, H. Vedder, J.-C. Krieg (Germany)

An epidemiological comparison of pain complaints in the general population of Catalonia (Spain)
A. Bassols, F. Bosch, M. Campillo, M. Canellas, J.-E. Banos (Spain)

Antagonistic effects of naloxone and naloxonazine on sufentanil-induced antinociception and respiratory depression in rats
C. Verborgh, T.F. Meert (Belgium)

A comparison effaces scales for the measurement of pediatric pain: children's and parents' ratings
C.T. Chambers, K. Giesbrechl, K.D. Craig, S.M. Bennett, E. Huntsman (Canada)

Nerve constriction in the rat: model of neuropathic, surgical and central pain
G.M. Pitcher, J. Ritchie, J.L. Henry (Canada)

Supraspinal and spinal delta ₂ opioid receptor-mediated antinociceptive synergy is mediated by spinal alpha ₂ adrenoceptors
T.S. Grabow, R.W. Hurley, P.N. Banfor, D.L. Hammond (USA)

Generalizing from a controlled trial: the effects of patient preference versus randomization on the outcome of inpatient versus outpatient chronic pain management
A.C. de C Williams, M.K. Nicholas, P.H. Richardson, C.E. Pither, J. Fernandes (UK, Australia)

Primary hyperalgesia to mechanical and heat stimuli following subcutaneous bee venom injection into the plantar surface of hindpaw in the conscious rat: a comparative study with the formalin test
J. Chen, C. Luo, H.-L. Li, H.-S. Chen (People's Republic of China)

Pain and reduced mobility in complex regional pain syndrome I: outcome of a prospective randomised controlled clinical trial of adjuvant physical therapy versus occupational therapy
H.M. Oerlemans, R.A.B. Oostendorp, T. de Boo, R.J.A. Goris (The Netherlands, Belgium)

Tramadol relieves pain and allodynia in polyneuropathy: a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial
S.H. Sindrup, G. Andersen, C. Madsen, T. Smith, K. Brosen, T.S. Jensen (Denmark)

A retrospective cohort study of post mastectomy pain syndrome
W.C.S. Smith, D. Bourne, J. Squair, D.O. Phillips, W.A. Chambers (UK)

CLINICAL NOTES
A case of spinal cord compression syndrome by a fibrotic mass presenting in a patient with an intrathecal pain management pump system
A. Langsam (USA)

Low-dose subcutaneous ketamine infusion and morphine tolerance
R.F. Bell (Norway)

200 mg daily of lamotrigine has no analgesic effect in neuropathic pain: a randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled trial
G. McCleane (UK)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Some problems with wind-up and its calculation
F. Svendsen, K. Hole, A. Tjølsen (Norway)

Reply to Svendsen et al.
P.K. Eide. A. Stubhaug (Norway)

The role of sex hormones in pain response
K.R. Johns, G.0. Littlejohn (Australia)

Reproductive hormones and the modulation of muscle pain, reply to Johns and Littlejohn
G.B. Rollman. E.G. Hapidou (Canada)

RESEARCH PAPERS
Lesions of the dorsolateral funiculus block supraspinal opioid delta receptor mediated antinociception in the rat
C.J. Kovelowski, M.H. Ossipov, V.J. Hruby, F. Porreca (USA)

Cold-evoked pain vanes with skin type and cooling rate: a psychophysical study in humans
J.L.K. Harrison, K.D. Davis (Canada)

Effects of noradrenergic and serotonergic antidepressants on chronic low back pain intensity
J.H. Atkinson, M.A. Slater, D.R. Wahlgren, R.A. Williams, S. Zisook, S.D. Pruitt, J.E. Epping-Jordan, T.L. Patterson, I. Grant, I. Abramson, S.R. Garfin (USA)

An analysis of factors that contribute to the magnitude of placebo analgesia in an experimental paradigm
D.D. Price, L.S. Milling, I. Kirsch, A. Duff, G.H. Montgomery, S.S. Nicholls (USA)

Comparative reliability and validity of chronic pain intensity measures
M.P. Jensen, J.A. Turner, J.M. Romano, L.D. Fisher (USA)

Evidence for an inflammation-induced change in the local glutamatergic regulation of postganglionic sympathetic efferents
R.E. Coggeshall, S.M. Carlton (USA)

Neuropathic pain from an experimental neuritis of the rat sciatic nerve
E. Eliav, U. Herzberg, M.A. Ruda. G.J. Bennett (USA)

Why is depression comorbid with chronic myofascial face pain? A family study test of alternative hypotheses
B.P. Dohrenwend, K.G. Raphael, J.J. Marbach, R.M. Gallagher (USA)

Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation: an alternative to TENS in the management of sciatica
E.A. Ghoname, P.P. White, H.E. Ahmed, M.A. Hamza, W.F. Craig, C.E. Noe (USA)

Responsiveness of general health status in chronic low back pain: a comparison of the COOP Charts and the SF-36
G. Bronfort, L.M. Bouler (USA, The Netherlands)

Complex regional pain syndrome: are the IASP diagnostic criteria valid and sufficiently comprehensive?
R.N. Harden, S. Bruehl, B.S. Galer, S. Saltz, M. Bertram, M. Backonja, R. Gayles, N. Rudin, M.K. Bhugra, M. Stanton-Hicks (USA)

Prostaglandin E₂ has antinociceptive effect through EP₁ receptor in the ventromedial hypothalamus in rats
M. Hosoi, T. Oka, M. Abe, T. Hori, H. Yamamoto, K. Mine, C. Kubo (Japan)

Generalised muscular hyperalgesia in chronic whiplash syndrome
M. Koelbaek Johansen, T. Graven-Nielsen, A. Schou Olesen, L. Arendt-Nielsen (Denmark)

Randomised clinical trial comparing the effects of acupuncture and a newly designed placebo needle in rotator cuff tendinitis
J. Kleinhenz, K. Streitberger, J. Windeler, A. Güßbacher, G. Mavridis, E. Martin (Germany)

Estrogen-induced alterations of spinal cord enkephalin gene expression
A. Amandusson, M. Hallbeck, A.-L. Hallbeck, O. Hermanson, A. Blomqvist (Sweden)

Effects of intraplantar morphine on paw edema and pain-related behaviour in a rat model of repeated acute inflammation
S. Perrot, G. Guilbaud, V. Kayser (France)

Electrical stimulation of motor cortex for pain control: a combined PET-scan and electrophysiological study
L. Garcia-Larrea, R. Peyron, P. Mertens, M.C. Gregoire, F. Lavenne, D. Le Bars, P. Convers, F. Mauguiere, M. Sindou, B. Laurent (France)

Acute pain threshold in subjects with chronic pain following spinal cord injury
R. Defrin, A. Ohry, N. Blumen, G. Urea (Israel)

N of 1 randomised controlled trials of oral ketamine in patients with chronic pain
D.R. Haines, S.P. Gaines (UK)

Heat-induced release of CGRP from isolated rat skin and effects of bradykinin and the protein kinase C activator PMA
F. Kessler, C. Habelt, B. Averbeck, P.W. Reeh, M. Kress (Germany)

Postoperative recovery evaluated with a new. tactile scale (TaS) in children undergoing ophthalmic surgery
D. Westerling (Sweden, USA)

Detection of static and dynamic components of mechanical allodynia in rat models of neuropathic pain: are they signalled by distinct primary sensory neurones?
M.J. Field, S. Bramwell, J. Hughes, L. Singh (UK)

Hyposecretion of adrenal androgens and the relation of serum adrenal steroids, serotonin and insulin-like growth factor-1 to clinical features in women with fibromyalgia
P.H. Dessein, E.A. Shipton, B.I. Joffe, D.P. Hadebe, A.E. Slanwix, B.A. Van der Merwe (South Africa)

The NMDA receptor antagonist MK-801 attenuates c-Fos expression in the lumbosacral spinal cord following repetitive noxious and non-noxious colorectal distention
Q.Z. Zhai, R.J. Traub (USA)

Sex differences in pain perception and cardiovascular responses in persons with parental history for hypertension
M. al'Absi, T.W. Buchanan, A. Marrero, W.R. Lovallo (USA)

The kappa opioid nalbuphine produces gender- and dose-dependent analgesia and antianalgesia in patients with postoperative pain
R.W. Gear, C. Miaskowski, N.C. Gordon, S.M. Paul, P.H. Heller, J.D. Levine (USA)

Parenterally administered kainic acid induces a persistent hyperalgesia in the mouse and rat
S.L. Giovengo, K.F. Kitto, H.J. Kurtz, R.A. Velazquez, A.A. Larson (USA)

Gestational and ovarian sex steroid antinociception: relevance of uterine afferent and spinal a2-noradrenergic activity
N.-J. Liu,A.R. Gintzler (USA)

Prediction of physician visits and prescription medicine use for back pain
K.W. Saunders, M. Von Korff, S.D. Pruitt, J.E. Moore (USA)

CLINICAL NOTES
Supraclavicular glomus tumor, 20 year history of undiagnosed shoulder pain: a case report
R.F. Ghaly, A.M. Ring (USA)

Positive effect of regional analgesia (RA) in terminal stage paediatric chondrosarcoma: a case report and the review of the literature
M.C. Queinnec, M. Estéve, J.-B. Vedrenne (France)

ERRATUM

Number 3 - December 1999

Publisher's note
REVIEW ARTICLE

Efficacy of pharmacological treatments of neuropathic pain: an update and effect related to mechanism of drug action
S.H. Sindrup, T.S. Jensen (Denmark)

RESEARCH PAPERS
Chronic thalamotomy increases pain-related behavior in rats
N.E. Saade, A.I. Kafrouni, C.Y. Saab, S.F. Atweh, S.J. Jabbur (Lebanon)

Effects of naloxone on nitrous oxide actions in healthy volunteers
J.P. Zacny, A. Conran, H. Pardo, D.W. Coalson, M. Black, P.A. Klock, J.M. Klafta (USA)

The relationship of sex and clinical pain to experimental pain responses
R.B. Fillingim, R.R. Edwards, T. Powell (USA)

Hypoalgesia elicited by a conditioned stimulus is blocked by a m, but not a d or a k, opioid antagonist injected into the rostral ventromedial medulla
H. Foo, F.J. Helmstetter (Australia. USA)

Combined systemic administration of the glycine/NMDA receptor antagonist. (+)-HA966 and morphine attenuates pain-related behaviour in a rat model of trigeminal neuropathic pain
D. Christensen, M. Gautron, G. Guilbaud, V. Kayser (France)

Modulation of an inhibitory reflex in single motor units in human masseter by tonic painful stimulation
P. Svensson, A.S. McMillan, T. Graven-Nielsen, K. Wang, L. Arendt-Nielsen (Denmark, Hong Kong)

Effects of combined hemotoxic and anterolateral spinal lesions on nociceptive sensitivity
C.J. Vierck Jr, A.R. Light (USA)

A PET activation study of dynamic mechanical allodynia in patients with mononeuropathy
P. Petrovic, M. Ingvar, S, Stone-Elander, K.M. Petersson, P. Hansson (Sweden)

Effects of a brief and economical intervention in preparing patients for surgery: does coping style matter?
J. Miró, R.M. Raich (Spain)

Dynamic adjustments of walking behavior dependent on noxious input in experimental low back pain
R. Moe-Nilssen, A.E. Ljunggren, E. Torebjörk (Norway, Sweden)

Spatio-temporal pattern of induction of bradykinin receptors and inflammation in rat dorsal root ganglia after unilateral nerve ligation
A. Eckert, G. Segond von Banchet, S. Sopper, M. Petersen (Germany)

Pain perception, somatosensory event-related potentials and skin conductance responses to painful stimuli in high, mid, and low hypnotizable subjects: effects of differential pain reduction strategies
V. De Pascalis, M.R. Magurano, A. Bellusci (Italy)

Lack of cross-tolerance between the antinociceptive effects of systemic morphine and asimadoline, a peripherally-selective k-opioid agonist. in CCI-neuropathic rats
J. Walker, G. Catheline, G. Guilbaud, V. Kayser (Australia. France)

Dorsal horn NMDA receptor function is changed after peripheral inflammation
F. Svendsen, L.J. Rygh, K. Hole, A. Tjølsen (Norway)

Intraarticular morphine versus dexamethasone in chronic arthritis
A. Stein, A. Yassouridis, C. Szopko, K. Helmke, C. Stein (Germany)

Accuracy of recall of usual pain intensity in back pain patients
J.E. Bolton (UK)

Plasma levels of substance P, neuropeptide Y and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in patients with chronic tension-type headache
M. Ashina, L. Bendtsen, R. Jensen, R. Ekman, J. Olesen (Denmark, Sweden)

Occlusal treatments in temporomandibular disorders: a qualitative systematic review of randomized controlled trials
H. Forssell, E. Kalso, P. Koskela, R. Vehmanen, P. Puukka, P. Alanen (Finland)

Improving the efficiency of the formalin test
F.V. Abbott, R. Ocvirk, R. Najafee, K.B.J. Franklin (Canada)

The three dimensions of headache impact: pain, disability and affective distress
K.A. Holroyd, P. Malinoski, M.K. Davis, G.L. Lipchik (USA)

Brief and prolonged effects of Lissauer tract stimulation on dorsal horn cells
P.D. Wall, M. Lidierth, P. Hillman (UK, Israel)

Plasticity of sodium channel expression in DRG neurons in the chronic constriction injury model of neuropathic pain
S.D. Dib-Hajj, J. Fjell, T.R. Cummins, Z. Zheng, K. Fried, R. LaMotte, J.A. Black, S.G. Waxman (USA, Sweden)

Everyday life with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis: independent effects of disease and gender on daily pain, mood, and coping
G. Affleck, H. Tennen, F.J. Keefe, J.C. Lefebvre, S. Kashikar-Zuck, K. Wright, K. Stair, D.S. Caldwell (USA)

Suckling- and sucrose-induced analgesia in human newboms
E.M. Blass, L.B. Watt (USA)

CLINICAL NOTES
Pain relief of oral ulcer by dibucaine-film
K. Yamamura, T. Yotsuyanagi, T. Okamoto, T. Nabeshima (Japan)

Diabetic neuropathic pain in a leg amputated 44 years previously
S.M. Rajbhandan, J.A. Jarratt, P.D. Griffiths, J.D. Ward (UK)

Effects of intravenous methylnaltrexone on opioid-induced gut motility and transit time changes in subjects receiving chronic methadone therapy: a pilot study
C.S. Yuan, J.F. Foss, M. O'Connor. J. Osinski, M.F. Roizen, J. Moss (USA)

Author Index to Volume 83
Contents to Volume 83

Contents to Volume 82 (1999)

Number 1 - July 1999

RESEARCH PAPERS
Experimental human muscle pain and muscular hyperalgesia induced by combinations of serotonin and bradykinin
V. Babenko, T. Graven-Nielsen, P. Svensson, A.M. Drewes, T.S. Jensen, L. Arendt-Nielsen (Denmark)

A randomized comparative trial of acupuncture versus transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for chronic back pain in the elderly
D.J. Grant, J. Bishop-Miller, D.M. Winchester, M. Anderson, S. Faulkner (UK)

Differential effects of low dose CP122,288 and eletriptan on Fos expression due to stimulation of the superior sagittal sinus in cat
P.J. Goadsby, K.L. Hoskin (UK)

Epidural opioid analgesia in infant rats I: mechanical and heat responses
D. Marsh, A. Dickenson, D. Hatch, M. Fitzgerald (UK)

Epidural opioid analgesia in infant rats II: responses to carrageenan and capsaicin
D. Marsh, A. Dickenson, D. Hatch, M. Fitzgerald (UK)

Plastic changes in sensory inputs to rat substantia gelatinosa neurons following peripheral inflammation
T. Nakatsuka, J.-S. Park, E. Kumamoto, T. Tamaki, M. Yoshimura (Japan)

Evaluation of the efficacy of a bioerodible bupivacaine polymer system on antinociception and inflammatory mediator release
M.G. Carry, D.L. Jackson, H.E. Geier, M. Southam, K.M. Hargreaves (USA)

Physiological evidence that the 'interphase' in the formalin test is due to active inhibition
J.L. Henry, K. Yashpal, G.M. Pitcher, T.J. Coderre (Canada)

Synergistic antiallodynic effects of spinal morphine with ketorolac and selective COX1- and COX2-inhibitors in nerve-injured rats
J.M. Lashbrook, M.H. Ossipov, J.C. Hunter, R.B. Raffa, R.J. Tallarida, F. Porreca (USA)

Dorsal column lesion prevents mechanical hyperalgesia and allodynia in osteotomy model
A.K. Houghton, E. Hewitt, K.N. Westlund (UK. USA)

Tumour necrosis factor-? mediates carrageenin-induced knee-joint incapacitation and also triggers overt nociception in previously inflamed rat knee-joints
C.R. Tonussi, S.H. Ferreira (Brazil)

What are the qualities of dilemmas experienced when prescribing opioids in general practice?
P. Bendtsen, G. Hensing, C. Ebeling, A. Schedin (Sweden)

Gender differences in associations between trauma history and adjustment among chronic pain patients
I.L. Sperms, J. Bums, B. Glenn, K. Lofland, L. McCracken (USA)

CLINICAL NOTES
An 'annoying' foot: unilateral painful legs and moving toes syndrome
P. Sanders, H.M. Waddy, P.D. Thompson (Australia)

The use of patient-controlled boluses of local anaesthetic via a psoas sheath catheter in the management of malignant pain
I. Douglas, D. Bush (UK)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Psychogenic pain: in whose mind? Re: Kendall et al.. Pain 78 (1998) 223-225
E.N. Thompson (Canada)

Coping with chronic pain: a response to McCracken. Pain 74 (1998) 21-27 and to Haythornthwaite et al.. Pain 77 (1998) 33-39
J. Strong, R. Large (Australia, New Zealand)

Number 2 - August 1999

REVIEW ARTICLE
Use and efficacy of low-dose ketamine in the management of acute postoperative pain: a review of current techniques and outcomes
R.L. Schmid, A.N. Sandier, J. Katz (Canada)

RESEARCH PAPERS
C- and Ad-fiber components of heat-evoked cerebral potentials in healthy human subjects
W. Mageri, Z. Ali, J. Ellrich, R.A. Meyer, R.-D. Treede (Germany, USA)

Does sex make a difference in the prescription of treatments and the adaptation to chronic pain by cancer and non-cancer patients?
D.C. Turk, A. Okifuji (USA)

Peripheral antinociceptive actions of desipramine and fluoxetine in an inflammatory and neuropathic pain test in the rat
J. Sawynok, M.J. Esser, A.R. Reid (Canada)

Dissociation of sensory and affective dimensions of pain using hypnotic modulation
P. Rainville, B. Carrier, R.K. Hofbauer, M.C. Bushnell, G.H. Duncan (Canada)

NSAID-induced cyclooxygenase inhibition differentially depresses long-lasting versus brief synaptically-elicited responses of rat spinal dorsal horn neurons in vivo
G.M. Pitcher, J.L. Henry (Canada)

Estrous variations in behavioral responses to vaginal and uterine distention in the rat
H.B. Bradshaw, J.L. Temple, E. Wood, K.J. Berkley (USA)

Spinal cannabinoids are anti-allodynic in rats with persistent inflammation
W.J. Martin, C.M. Loo, A.I. Basbaum (USA)

The effect of fentanyl on c-fos expression in the trigeminal brainstem complex produced by pulpal heat stimulation in the ferret
S.C. Chattipakom, A.R. Light, H.H. Willcockson, M. Narhi, W. Maixner (USA, Finland)

Number 3 - September 1999

EDITORIAL
RESEARCH PAPERS
Age, pain, and coping with rheumatoid arthritis
K.W. Watkins, K. Shifren, D.C. Park, R.W. Morrell (USA)

Convergence of meningeal and facial afferents onto trigeminal brainstem neurons: an electrophysiological study in rat and man
J. Ellrich, O.K. Andersen, K. Messlinger, L. Arendt-Nielsen (Germany. Denmark)

Comorbidity of headaches and depression in the elderly
S.-J. Wang, H.-C. Liu, J.-L. Fuh, C.-Y. Liu, P.-N. Wang, S.-R. Lu (Taiwan)

Chronic motor cortex stimulation in the treatment of central and neuropathic pain. Correlations between clinical, electrophysiological and anatomical data
J.-P. Nguyen, J.-P. Lefaucheur, P. Decq, T. Uchiyama, A. Carpentier, D. Fontaine, P. Brugieres, B. Pollin, A. Feve, S. Rostaing, P. Cesaro, Y.Keravel (France)

Modulation of exteroceptive suppression periods in human jaw-closing muscles by local and remote experimental muscle pain
K. Wang, P. Svensson, L. Arendt-Nielsen (Denmark)

An international survey of cancer pain characteristics and syndromes
A. Caraceni, R.K. Portenoy, a working group of the IASP Task force on Cancer Pain (Italy, USA)

Utilisation of health care system by chronic pain patients who applied for disability pensions
J. Højsted, A. Alban, K. Hagild, J. Eriksen (Denmark)

Sympathetic nerve sprouting fails to occur in the trigeminal ganglion after peripheral nerve injury in the rat
U. Bongenhielm, P.M. Boissonade, A. Westermark, P.P. Robinson, K. Fried (Sweden, UK)

The experience of pain from the shoulder-neck area related to the total body pain, self-experienced health and mental distress
J. Ektor-Andersen, S.-O. Isacsson, A. Lindgren, P. Ørbaek, The Malmö Shoulder-Neck Study Group (Sweden)

Fear of movement/(re)injury and muscular reactivity in chronic low back pain patients: an experimental investigation
J.W.S. Vlaeyen, H.A.M. Seelen, M. Peters, P. de Jong, E. Aretz, E. Beisiegel, W.E.J. Weber (The Netherlands)

Natural noxious stimulation can induce long-term increase of spinal nociceptive responses
L.J. Rygh, F. Svendsen, K. Hole, A. Tjølsen (Norway)

Relationship between a genetic predisposition to hypertension, blood pressure levels and pain sensitivity
L. Guasti, G. Gaudio, D. Zanotla, P. Grimoldi, M.R. Petrozzino, F. Tanzi, A. Bertolini, A.M. Grandi, A. Venco (Italy)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Comments on Woolf et al., PAIN 77 (1998) 227-229
H. Merskey (Canada) Reply to Merskey et al.
C. Woolf (USA)

Author Index to Volume 82
Contents to Volume 82

Contents to Volume 81 (1999)

Numbers 1, 2 - May 1999

REVIEW ARTICLE
Topographical features of cutaneous tactile hypoesthetic and hyperesthetic abnormalities in chronic pain
K. Moriwaki, O. Yuge (Japan)

RESEARCH PAPERS
Acetylsalicylic acid inhibits meningeal nociception in rat
J. Ellrich, K. Schepelmann, M. Pawlak, K. MeBlinger (Germany)

Alteration of Na⁺ currents in dorsal root ganglion neurons from rats with a painful neuropathy
M.G. Krai, Z. Xiong, R.E. Study (USA)

The cannabinoid receptor agonist WIN 55.212-2 mesylate blocks the development of hyperalgesia produced by capsaicin in rats
J. Li, R.S. Daughters, C. Bullis, R. Bengiamin, M.W. Stucky, J. Brennan, D.A. Simone (USA)

Psychophysical measures of sensitization to tonic heat discriminate chronic pain patients
D. Kleinböhl, R. Hölzl, A. Möltner, C. Rommel, C. Weber, P.M. Osswald (Germany)

Involvement of excitatory amino acid receptors and nitric oxide in the rostral ventromedial medulla in modulating secondary hyperalgesia produced by mustard oil
M.O. Urban, S.V. Coutinho, G.F. Gebhart (USA)

The role of excitatory amino acid transmission within the rostral ventromedial medulla in the antinociceptive actions of systemically administered morphine
M.M. Heinricher, S. McGaraughty, D.A. Fair (USA)

Health care utilization by older adults in response to painful orofacial symptoms
J.L. Riley III, G.H. Gilbert, M.W. Heft (USA)

A comparison of diffuse noxious inhibitory controls in men and women
C.R. France, S. Suchowiecki (USA)

Oral ketamine is antinociceptive in the rat formalin test: role of the metabolite, norketamine
M. Shimoyama, N. Shimoyama, A.L. Gorman, K.J. Elliott, C.E. Inturrisi (USA)

Patient beliefs predict patient functioning: further support for a cognitive-behavioural model of chronic pain
M.P. Jensen, J.M. Romano, J.A. Turner, A.B. Good, L.H. Wald (USA)

Spinal manipulative therapy versus a low force mimic maneuver for women with primary dysmenorrhea: a randomized, observer-blinded, clinical trial
M.A. Hondras, C.R. Long, P.C. Brennan (USA)

Involvement of trigeminal subnucleus caudalis (medullary dorsal horn) in craniofacial nociceptive reflex activity
C.-M. Tsai, C.Y. Chiang, X.-M. Yu, B.J. Sessle (Canada, Taiwan)

Breakthrough pain: characteristics and impact in patients with cancer pain
R.K. Portenoy, D. Payne, P. Jacobsen (USA)

Topical capsaicin in humans: parallel loss of epidermal nerve fibers and pain sensation
M. Nolano, D.A. Simone, G. Wendelschafer-Crabb, T. Johnson, E. Hazen, W.R. Kennedy (Italy, USA)

External validation of IASP diagnostic criteria for complex regional pain syndrome and proposed research diagnostic criteria
S. Bruehl, R.N. Harden, B.S. Galer, S. Saltz, M. Bertram, M. Backonja, R. Gayles, N. Rudin, M.K. Bhugra, M. Stanton-Hicks (USA)

Antinociceptive effects of locally administered morphine in infant rats
G.A. Barr (USA)

Relief of postoperative pain with jaw relaxation, music and their combination
M. Good, M. Stanton-Hicks, J.A. Grass, G. Cranston Anderson, C. Choi. L.J. Schoolmeesters, A. Salman (USA)

Rheumatoid arthritis patients show weather sensitivity in daily life, but the relationship is not clinically significant
A.A. Gorin, J.M. Smyth, J.N. Weisberg, G. Affleck, H. Tennen, S. Urrows, A.A. Stone (USA)

Differential effects of chemical and mechanical colonic irritation on behavioral pain response to intraperitoneal acetic acid in mice
V. Martìnez, S. Thakur, J.S. Mogil, Y. Tache, E.A. Mayer (USA)

Pain report and the relationship of pain to physical factors in the first 6 months following spinal cord injury
P.J. Siddall, D.A. Taylor, J.M. McClelland, S.B. Rutkowski, M.J. Cousins (Australia)

CLINICAL NOTES
A case of referred pain evoked by remote light touch after partial nerve injury
G. Schultz, R. Melzack (Canada)

Effects of single and repeated applications of a eutectic mixture of local anaesthetics (EMLA) cream on spontaneous and evoked pain in post-herpetic neuralgia
N. Attal, L. Brasseur, M. Chauvin, D. Bouhassira (France)

Pain affect without pain sensation in a patient with a postcentral lesion
M. Ploner, H.-J. Freund, A. Schnitzler (Germany)

ERRATA
Erratum to "Nucleus reticularis giganiocellulans and nucleus raphe magnus in the brain stem exert opposite effects on behavioural hyperalgesia and spinal Fos protein expression after peripheral inflammation".
W. Feng, R. Dubner, K. Ren [Pain 80 (1999) 127-141]

Erratum to "Spinal nerve ligation-induced neuropathy in the rat: sensory disorders and correlation between histology of the peripheral nerves".
M. Röyttä, H. Wei, A. Pertovaara [Pain 80 (1999) 161-170]

Number 3 - June 1999

REVIEW ARTICLE
A meta-analytic review of pain perception across the menstrual cycle
J.L. Riley III, M.E. Robinson, E.A. Wise, D.D. Price (USA)

RESEARCH PAPERS
Children in pain: an investigation of selective memory for pain and psychological adjustment
M. Koutantji, S.A. Pearce, D.A. Oakley, C. Feinmann (UK)

Hyperalgesia due to nerve damage: role of nerve growth factor
M. Theodosiou, R.A. Rush, X.F. Zhou, D. Hu, J.S. Walker, D.J. Tracey (Australia)

Ultrasound therapy for musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review
D.A.W.M. van der Windt, G.J.M.G. van der Heijden, S.G.M. van den Berg, G. ter Riet, A.F. de Winter, L.M. Bouter (The Netherlands)

Pain sensitivity alterations as a function of lesion location in the parasylvian cortex
J.D. Greenspan, R.R. Lee, F.A. Lenz (USA)

Nociceptive neurons in the rat caudal trigeminal nucleus respond to blood plasma perfusion of the subarachnoid space: the involvement of complement
A. Ebersberger, H.O. Handwerker, P.W. Reeh (Germany)

Oral aspirin in postoperative pain: a quantitative systematic review
J.E. Edwards, A.D. Oldman, L.A. Smith, D. Carroll, P.J. Wiffen, H.J. McQuay, R.A. Moore (UK)

Ethnic differences influence care giver's estimates of pain during labour
E.K. Sheiner, E, Sheiner, I. Shoham-Vardi, M. Mazor, M. Katz (Israel)

Critical evaluation of the streptozotocin model of painful diabetic neuropathy in the rat
A. Fox, C. Eastwood, C. Gentry, D. Manning, L. Urban (UK, USA)

Confocal imaging reveals activity-dependent intracellular Ca2+ transients in nociceptive human C fibres
C. Mayer, S. Quasthoff, P. Grafe (Germany)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Reply to N. Kendall
B.J. Wallis, S.M. Lord, N. Bogduk (Australia)

Comments on, Kendall, PAIN. 73 (1997) 123-139
R. Worz (Germany)

Comments on, Kendall. PAIN 78 (1998) 223-225
H. Merskey (Canada)

Author Index to Volume 78
Contents to Volume 78

Contents to Volume 79 (1999)

Number 1 - January 1999

REVIEW ARTICLE
Problems of long-term spinal opioid treatment in advanced cancer patients
S. Mercadante (Italy)

RESEARCH PAPERS
Assessment and treatment of neuropathic cancer pain following WHO guidelines
S. Grond, L. Radbruch, T. Meuser, R. Sabatowski, G. Loick, K.A. Lehmann (Germany)

A role for nerve growth factor in sympathetic sprouting in rat dorsal root ganglia
M.G. Jones, J.B. Munson, S.W.N. Thompson (UK, USA)

Free radicals contribute to the reduction in peripheral vascular responses and the maintenance of thermal hyperalgesia and in rats with chronic constriction injury
Z. Khalil, T. Liu, R.D., Home (Australia)

A blinded pilot study investigating the use of diagnostic ultrasound for detecting active myofascial trigger points
J. Lewis, P. Tehan (Israel, Australia)

Changes of trapezius muscle blood flow and electromyography in chronic neck pain due to trapezius myalgia
R. Larsson, P.A. Öberg, S.-E. Larsson (Sweden)

A prospective, longitudinal study on patients with trigeminal neuralgia who underwent radiofrequency thermocoagulation of the Gasserian ganglion
J.M. Zakrzewska, S. Jassim, J.S. Bulman (UK)

Growing pain: 10-year research trends in the study of chronic pain and headache
P.J. Norton, G.J.G. Asmundson, G.R. Norton, K.D. Craig (Canada)

Differential effects of N-Methyl-n-aspartate receptor blockade on nociceptive somatic and visceral reflexes
T. Olivar, J.M.A. Laird (Spain)

Windup leads to characteristics of central sensitization
J. Li, D.A. Simone, A.A. Larson (USA)

Peripherally administered sufentanil inhibits pain perception after postpartum tubal ligation
M. Rorarius, P. Suominen, G. Baer, P. Pajunen, R. Tuimala, P. Laippala (Finland)

Evaluation of the use of a pain diary in chronic cancer pain patients at home
R. de Wit, F. van Dam, M. Hanneman, L. Zandbelt, A. van Buuren, K. van der Heijden, G. Leenhouts, S. Loonstra, H.H. Abu-Saad (The Netherlands)

CLINICAL NOTE
The long lasting effects of peripheral nerve blocks for trigeminal neuralgia using a high concentration of tetracaine dissolved in bupivacaine
F. Goto, K. I.shizaki, D. Yoshikawa, H. Obata, H. Arii, M. Terada (Japan)

Numbers 2, 3 - February 1999

REVIEW ARTICLE
The cortical representation of pain,
R-D. Treede, D.R. Kenshalo, R.H. Gracely, A.K.P. Jones (Germany, USA, UK)

RESEARCH PAPERS
Dynamic mechanical allodynia in humans is not mediated by a central presynaptic interaction of Ab-mechanoreceptivc and nociceptive C-afferents
G. Wasner, R. Baron, W. Janig (Germany, USA)

Pain related undergraduate teaching in medical faculties in Finland
R. Pöyhiä, E. Kalso (Canada, Finland)

Lack of involvement of capsaicin-sensitive primary afferents in nerve-ligation injury induced tactile allodynia in rats
M.H. Ossipov, D. Bian, T.P, Malan Jr., J. Lai, F. Porreca (USA)

Mechanical hyperalgesia after spinal nerve ligation in rat is not reversed by intraplantar or systemic administration of adrenergic antagonists
M. Ringkamp, E.J. Grethel, Y. Choi, R.A. Mover, S.N. Raja (USA)

Lumbar sympathectomy failed to reverse mechanical allodynia-and hyperalgesia-like behavior in rats with L5 spinal nerve injury
M. Ringkamp, S. Eschenfelder, E.J. Grethel, H-J. Häbler, R.A. Meyer, W. Jänig, S.N. Raja (USA, Germany)

The effects of disclosure on pain during dental hygiene treatment: the moderating role of catastrophizing
M.J.L, Sullivan, N. Neish (Canada)

Spatial and temporal summation of sensory and affective dimensions of deep somatic pain
C.S. Stohler, C.J. Kowalski (USA)

Effects of kappa opioids in the inflamed rat colon
J.N. Sengupta, A. Snider, X. Su, G.F. Gebhart (USA)

Alterations in neuropeptide Y, tyrosine hydroxylase, and Y-receptor subtype distribution following spinal nerve injury to rats
J.E. Marchand, M.S. Cepeda, D.B. Carr, W.H. Wurm, R.M. Kream (USA, Colombia)

Muscle hardness in patients with chronic tension-type headache: relation to actual headache state
M. Ashina, L. Bendtsen, R. Jensen. F. Sakai, J. Olesen (Denmark, Japan)

Postoperative pain assessment and management in adolescents
M.L. Gillies, L.N. Smith, W.LI. Parry-Jones (UK)

Morphine-induced analgesia in rats withdrawn from concurrent nimodipine and morphine treatment
A. Zharkovsky, J. Katajamäki, T. Seppälä, L. Ahtee (Finland, Estonia)

Spinal cord stimulation attenuates dorsal horn neuronal hyperexcitability in a rat model of mononeuropathy
V. Yakhnitsa, B. Linderoth, B.A. Meyerson (Sweden)

Auditory evoked potentials and multiple personality measures in migraine and post-traumatic headaches
W. Wang, Y-H. Wang, X-M. Fu, Z-M. Sun, J. Schocnen (People's Republic of China, Belgium)

Actions of intrathecal diphtheria toxin-substance P fusion protein on models of persistent pain
R. Benoliel, E. Eliav, A.J. Mannes, R.M. Caudle, S. Leeman, M.J. Iadarola (USA, Israel)

The kappa opioid agonist GR89696 blocks hyperalgesia and allodynia in rat models of peripheral neuritis and neuropathy
E. Eliav, U. Herzberg, R.M. Caudle (USA)

Effect of NGF and anti-NGF on neuropathic pain in rats following chronic constriction injury of the sciatic nerve
L-S. Ro, S-T. Chen, L-M. Tang, J.M. Jacobs (Taiwan, UK)

Relationship between the chronic pain grade and measures of physical, social and psychological will-being
K.I. Penny, A.M. Purves, B.H. Smith, W.A. Chambers, W.C. Smith (UK)

Pharmacological studies on a rat model of trigeminal neuropathic pain: baclofen. but not carbamazepine, morphine or tricyclic antidepressants, attenuates the allodynia-like behaviour
J.J. Idänpään-Heikkilä, G. Guilbaud (Finland, France)

Validity of an illness severity measure for headache in a population sample of migraine sufferers
W.F. Stewan, R.B. Lipton, D. Simon, J. Liberman, M. Von Korff (USA)

Oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate (OTFC) for the treatment of breakthrough pain in cancer patients: a controlled dose titration study
R.K. Portenoy, R. Payne, P. Coluzzi, J.W. Raschko, A. Lyss, M.A. Busch, V. Frigerio, J. Ingham, D.B. Loseth, E. Nordbrock, M. Rhiner (USA)

CLINICAL NOTE
A case of reflex sympathetic dystrophy (complex regional pain syndrome, type I) resolved by cerebral contusion
M. Shibata, K. Nakao, B.S. Galer, T. Shimizu, H. Taniguchi, T. Uchida (Japan, Israel)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Comments on Kingery, PAIN, 73 (1997) 123-139
V. Bonicalzi, S. Canavero (Italy)

Reply to Bonicalzi and Canavero
W. Kingery (USA)

Comments on Ohrbach and Dworkin. PAIN 74 (1998) 315-326
K.G. Raphael, J.J. Marbach (USA)

Reply to Raphael and Marbach
R. Ohrbach. S.F. Dworkin (USA)

Author Index to Volume 79
Contents to Volume 79