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Temperature can trigger pain and alters sodium channel function
Sodium channels are essential for the function of peripheral sensory nerve fibers and mutations in these channels can result in chronic pain syndromes. Pain attacks are often triggered by temperature…
Precision medicine for pain patients: Precision²Treat
Prof. Angelika Lampert from the Institute for Physiology and Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Ralf Hausmann from the Institute for Clinical Pharmacology have successfully acquired funding for the Precision2Treat…
Entwicklung von Präzisionsmedizin für Schmerzpatienten: Precision2Treat
Prof. Angelika Lampert (Institut für Physiologie) und Prof. Dr. med. Ralf Hausmann (Institut für Klinische Pharmakologie) ist es gelungen das Verbundprojekt Precision2Treat einzuwerben, welches mit…
Children's University: Prof. Lampert explains pain
How does pain actually develop and what is it good for? Prof. Angelika Lampert addressed these and other questions at the pre-Christmas Children's University lecture on 16 December 2022 in the…
Teaching award PAULA for Prof Angelika Lampert
Prof. Angelika Lampert has received the PAULA teaching award (Award for Excellent University Teaching assigned by Aachen's medical students) in the category Best Lecture on 15.07.2022 during the…
Zombies – myth or truth
Zombies – these seemingly deceased, will-less creatures - have been stirring the imagination of authors, filmmakers and game developers for decades. But is it just science fiction or is there some…
World Wide Sodium Channel Seminar Series
An online lecture series on voltage-gated sodium channels is co-organized by Prof. Angelika Lampert from the Institute of Physiology and Prof. Dr. Hugues Abriel from University of Bern, Switzerland.…
Does every Nav1.7 variant lead to pain?
Mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.7 are associated with human pain. There are genetic mutations - also called variants - that lead to chronic pain in everyone who has them in their…
Stem cells as a model for Huntington's disease?
Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expanded polyglutamine repeat in the huntingtin gene. The neuropathology of HD is characterized by the…
Lesetipp: Schmerz ist reine Kopfsache
Autsch – das tat weh! Wer sich verbrennt, schneidet oder anderweitig verletzt, spürt den Schmerz in der Regel sofort und reagiert reflexartig. Die Hand zieht zurück, das Messer wird fallen gelassen,…
Grünenthal, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen and RWTH Aachen University collaborate to advance pain research
Grünenthal, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen and RWTH Aachen University announced a collaboration to advance the development of next-generation pain medicines. The collaboration involves the institutes of Dr…
Für die Ohren: Die Dynamik biologischer Vorgänge
Wenn wir uns in den Finger schneiden, transportieren Nervenzellen das Signal „Schmerz" in den Kopf. Ganz so einfach ist dies allerdings nicht. Was passiert dabei genau? Welche Kanäle sind beteiligt…