Emerging concepts of pain therapy based on neuronal mechanisms -- The pharmacology of nociceptor priming -- Sodium channels and pain -- Role of nerve growth factor in pain -- Central sensitization in humans: assessment and pharmacology -- Nitric oxide-mediated pain processing in the spinal cord -- The role of the endocannabinoid system in pain -- The role of glia in the spinal cord in neuropathic and inflammatory pain -- Plasticity of inhibition in the spinal cord -- Modulation of peripheral inflammation by the spinal cord -- The relationship between opiods and immune signalling in the spinal cord -- The role of proteases in pain -- Amygdala pain mechanisms -- Itch and pain differences and commonalities -- Index.