This lab
studies pain sensation with a special focus on long-term consequences of early
life experience with pain. We are also
interested in the analgesic, or pain inhibitory, response to stress. The phenomenon, known as stress-induced
analgesia (SIA), can be studied in a controlled laboratory environment or in
natural settings. Our laboratory uses
both approaches. In mice, we observe SIA
following exposure to stress with an emphasis on understanding the neurochemical and hormonal basis for the analgesic
response. In humans, we observe SIA in
athletes, following participation in an athletic event. Other projects in the lab include studies involving
the study of social environment on the experience of pain.
Summer 2006
lab assistants:
Stephen Selsor
Alex Tuttle
Masjensen Argadjendra