1. Recent progress in understanding the mechanisms of pain and itch

   • Ru-Rong Ji

   Editorial 30 March 2012 Pages: 89 - 90

2. Population coding of somatic sensations

   • Qiufu Ma

   Review 14 March 2012 Pages: 91 - 99

3. Peripheral mechanisms of itch

   • Benjamin McNeil
   • Xinzhong Dong

   Review 08 March 2012 Pages: 100 - 110

4. AMPA receptor trafficking in inflammation-induced dorsal horn central sensitization

   • Yuan-Xiang Tao

   Review 29 February 2012 Pages: 111 - 120

5. Interaction and regulatory functions of μ- and δ-opioid receptors in nociceptive afferent neurons

   • Xu Zhang
   • Lan Bao

   Review 08 March 2012 Pages: 121 - 130

6. Emerging role of Toll-like receptors in the control of pain and itch

   • Tong Liu
   • Yong-Jing Gao
   • Ru-Rong Ji

   Review 29 February 2012 Pages: 131 - 144

7. Oxidative stress induces itch via activation of transient receptor potential subtype ankyrin 1 in mice

   • Tong Liu
   • Ru-Rong Ji

   Original Article 29 February 2012 Pages: 145 - 154

8. Increased function of the TRPV1 channel in small sensory neurons after local inflammation or in vitro exposure to the pro-inflammatory cytokine GRO/KC

   • Fei Dong
   • Yi-Ru Du
   • Jun-Ming Zhang

   Original Article 08 March 2012 Pages: 155 - 164

9. Formaldehyde up-regulates TRPV1 through MAPK and PI3K signaling pathways in a rat model of bone cancer pain

   • Ying Han
   • Yan Li
   • You Wan

   Original Article 29 February 2012 Pages: 165 - 172

10. Effects of a non-selective TRPC channel blocker, SKF-96365, on melittininduced spontaneous persistent nociception and inflammatory pain hypersensitivity

    • Jing Ding
    • Jia-Rui Zhang
    • Jun Chen

    Original Article 30 March 2012 Pages: 173 - 181

11. Disruption of δ-opioid receptor phosphorylation at Threonine 161 attenuates morphine tolerance in rats with CFA-induced inflammatory hypersensitivity

    • Hai-Jing Chen
    • Wei-Yan Xie
    • Yun Wang

    Original Article 30 March 2012 Pages: 182 - 192

12. Chemokine signaling involving chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2 plays a role in descending pain facilitation

    • Wei Guo
    • Hu Wang
    • Ke Ren

    Original Article 29 February 2012 Pages: 193 - 207