The Necessity of Methodological Advances in Pain Research: Challenges and Opportunities

Apkar Vania Apkarian^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physiology, Anesthesiology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.
² Center for Translational Pain Research, Center of Excellence for Chronic Pain and Drug Abuse Research, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.

PMID: 35295518
PMCID: PMC8915640
DOI: 10.3389/fpain.2021.634041

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The Necessity of Methodological Advances in Pain Research: Challenges and Opportunities

Apkar Vania Apkarian. Front Pain Res (Lausanne). 2021.

. 2021 May 26:2:634041.

doi: 10.3389/fpain.2021.634041. eCollection 2021.

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Apkar Vania Apkarian^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physiology, Anesthesiology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.
² Center for Translational Pain Research, Center of Excellence for Chronic Pain and Drug Abuse Research, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.

PMID: 35295518
PMCID: PMC8915640
DOI: 10.3389/fpain.2021.634041

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Keywords: challenges; methods; models; opportunities; perception.

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The author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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