Pain research in a petri dish? Neuro-glial primary cell cultures of the rat dorsal root ganglia to study effects of inflammation on nociceptive signaling in vitro and ex vivo

Stephan Leisengang^1,2, Franz Nürnberger¹, Joachim Roth¹

¹Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany; ²Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology, University Hospital Essen, Germany

Altered Brain Structure in Chronic Visceral Pain: Specific Differences in Gray Matter Volume and Associations With Visceral Symptoms and Chronic Stress

Hanna Öhlmann¹, Laura Ricarda Koenen², Franziska Labrenz¹, Harald Engler², Nina Theysohn³, Jost Langhorst^4,5, Sigrid Elsenbruch^1,6

¹Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; ²Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology, Center for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany; ³Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany; ⁴Department for Internal and Integrative Medicine, Sozialstiftung Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany; ⁵Department for Integrative Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany; ⁶Department of Neurology, Center for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Pain and Inflammation in rheumatic diseases

Olga Seifert, Christoph Baerwald

University Hospital Leipzig, Germany

Relationship between pro-inflammatory cytokine levels and psychological inflexibility in chronic pain during behavioral treatment

Bianka Karshikoff^1,2, Jenny Åström^2,3, Mike K. Kemani^3,4, Mats Lekander^2,4, Linda Holmström^2,3, Rikard K. Wicksell^2,5

¹Department of Social Studies, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway; ²Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; ³Karolinska University Hospital, Theme Women’s Health and Allied Health Professionals, Medical Unit Medical Psychology, Solna, Sweden; ⁴Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Sweden; ⁵Pain Clinic, Capio St. Göran Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Impact of Fatigue on Rheumatic Diseases

Olga Seifert, Christoph Baerwald

University Hospital Leipzig, Germany