Project Overview

Dr. De Koninck studies the persistent changes in spinal cord function that occur after nervous system injury that lead to chronic pain.  Understanding the long term alterations that occur in the spinal cord after injury will allow Dr. De Koninck and his team to find new treatment and prevention avenues for many chronic pain syndromes, such as  postherpetic neuralgia, causalgia following damage to a major nerve, diabetic neuropathy, allodynia, hyperalgesia, and spontaneous or phantom limb pain.

Principal Investigator

Yves De Koninck , Université Laval

Team Members

Jaideep Bains, University of Calgary

Tim Murphy, University of British Columbia

Robert Campbell, University of Alberta

Andre Longtin, University of Ottawa

Alan Fine, Dalhousie University

Edward Ruthazer, McGill University

De Koninck, Paul, Université Laval

Paul W. Wiseman, McGill University

Daniel Cote, Université Laval

Peter Grutter, McGill University

Timothy Kennedy, McGill University

Bruce Lennox, McGill University

Heidi McBride, McGill University

Anne McKinney, McGill University

Wayne Sossin, McGill University

Sridar Narayanan, McGill University

Partners and Donors

University of British Columbia

Djavad Mowfaghian Centre for Brain Health

Genome BC

Vancouver Coastal Health

Dalhousie University

Alberta Innovates Health Solutions

IUSMQ Foundation

Université Laval

McGill University

Quebec Pain Research Network

University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute (uOBMRI)

Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta

Faculty of Science, University of Alberta

University Hospital Foundation