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CONGRATULATIONS TO PROFESSOR PETER DRUMMOND ON HIS NHMRC GRANT

As part of the 2007 funding round the National Health and Medical Research Council awarded $331,875 for 3 years (2007-2009) to Professor Peter Drummond for research into "Involvement of adrenergic receptors in neuropathic pain".
As explained by Professor Drummond "After nerve or tissue injury including burns, some people suffer from a condition called neuropathic pain. This is a condition where chronic pain is endured, often totally unrelated to the initial injury or induced by events that would normally not be painful. Our project will determine whether this abnormal pain response is due to an abnormal communication between the nerves that carry pain signals (sensory nerves) and nerves that form part of the sympathetic nervous system (which regulate automatic functions such as blood flow and sweating).  We believe that this abnormal communication is due to an increase in the expression of special receptors called adrenergic receptors, on the sensory nerves. Our project will look at these receptors in the skin of animals that have had pain conditions induced, and also in skin samples from patients whose pain increases during stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system. By better understanding how neuropathic pain is derived, we can open the door to novel treatment approaches in these difficult to treat conditions."

The School of Psychology would like to extend it's congratulations to Professor Drummond.

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