Neurobiology of nociception and pain

Rolf-Detlef Treede Chair of Neurophysiology Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience (MCTN) Ludolf-Krehl-Str.13-17 68167 Mannheim   Phone:  +49 0621 383-9926 Fax:  +49 0621 383-9921 Email:  rolf-detlef.treede@medma.uni-heidelberg.de Website:  https://www.umm.uni-heidelberg.de/neurophysiologie/

Research Summary

We are interested in the encoding of potentially damaging stimuli in the nervous system and in its relationship to acute and chronic pain states. Our research focuses on peripheral transduction mechanisms of painful heat stimuli, central sensitization in the spinal cord, the cortical representation of pain, the development of tools to assess nociceptive pathways in patients as well as learning and memory in nociceptive pathways.

Structure of the Group