Trigeminal neuralgia: opportunities for research and... : PAIN (original) (raw)

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Kitt, Cheryl A.a,*; Gruber, Kennethb; Davis, Miriamc; Woolf, Clifford J.d; Levine, Jon D.e

a_NINDS, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20892, USA_

b_Chronic Diseases Branch, NIDCR, Room 4AN-18C, 45 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-6401, USA_

c_George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, 13420 Montvale Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20904, USA_

d_Anesthesia–Neural Plasticity Research Group, Massachusetts General Hospital, 149 13th Street, Room 4309, Charlestown, MA 02129-2000, USA_

e_Division of Neuroscience/NIH Pain Center, University of California San Francisco, C-522/Box 0440, 521 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0440, USA_

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +1-301-496-9964; fax: +1-301-402-2060

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Received 2 December 1999; accepted 13 December 1999.

Abstract

Trigeminal neuralgia was the focus of a recent workshop convened by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). The workshop brought together basic scientists, clinicians, epidemiologists, and patient advocates. New research directions for epidemiology, diagnosis and assessment, pain mechanisms, and treatment were identified. (The workshop was held in Rockville MD on September 14, 1999, with financial support from NINDS, NIDCR, the NIH Office of Rare Diseases, and the NIH Pain Research Consortium.)