Executive summary Every infant, child, and adolescent will experience pain at times
throughout their life. Childhood pain ranges from acute to chronic, and includes procedural …

Modern health care has brought our society innumerable benefits but has also introduced
the experience of pain very early in life. For example, it is now routine care for newborns to …

Pain experienced during neonatal intensive care management can influence
neurodevelopmental outcome and the somatosensory and/or emotional components of pain …

Though rarely included in studies of parent–infant interactions, affectionate touch plays a
unique and vital role in infant development. Previous studies in human and rodent models …

During infancy relational experiences of body-to-body exchanges (ie, embodied
interactions) contribute to the infant's bodily perception. Early embodied interactions are …

Early life experiences, such as very preterm (VP) birth, can affect brain and cognitive
development. Several prior studies investigated brain structure in adults born VP; …

Neonates do experience pain and its management is necessary in order to prevent long-
term, as well as, short-term effects. The most common source of pain in the neonatal …

Background Adverse childhood experiences and chronic pain are complex problems
affecting millions of people worldwide, and result in significant healthcare utilisation. Our …

Neonatal hindpaw incision primes develo** spinal nociceptive circuitry, resulting in
enhanced hyperalgesia following reinjury in adulthood. Spinal microglia contribute to this …

Background Premature birth and/or low birthweight have long-lasting effects on cognition.
The purpose of the present systematic review is to examine whether the effects of …