Asian Pain Academy

Core Concept - Role of Glial Cells in Chronic Pain Chronic pain is no longer viewed as purely a neuronal phenomenon. Current neuroscience firmly establishes that glial cells — once dismissed as passive support cells — are active orchestrators of pain chronification, neuroinflammation, and central sensitisation. Understanding glial biology is essential to every modern clinician practising pain medicine. Introduction: Why Pain Medicine Needed a New Paradigm For decades, pain wa