1. General concepts. Types of pain. Pain and damage. Pain and Perception. Nocebo and Placebo. Sensitisation. Habituation. Conditioning. 2. Neurobiology of sensory systems. Interoception and nociception. Organisation of peripheral and central pain systems. Pain and perception. Body schema. 3. Nociceptive (inflammation and tissue damage), neuropathic and nociceptive pain. 4. Molecular bases of pain modulation. 5. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments of pain.

Classroom lectures. Face-to-face classes: reduced (workshops, seminars, case studies). Student individual work. Final exam. Seminars and lectures supported by computer and audiovisual aids. Practical learning based on cases and problems, and exercise resolution. Individual and group or cooperative work with the option of oral or written presentation. Individual and group tutorials to resolve doubts and queries about the subject.