Fibromyalgia : about mechanism

Session 4 : What can be said and what kind of research has to be developed about genetics as one of the etiology of FM?

Genetics or what can we learn from genetics in affective disorders

• Introduction »
• Finding the genes: linkage and association methods »
• Actual concepts: endophenotypes, gene-gene- and gene-environment interactions »
• Future perspectives: functional genomics, proteomics »
• Conclusion »
• Reference List »

Familial and Genetic Aspects of Fibromyalgia

• Introduction »
• Familial Aggregation of FM and related syndromes »
• Genetic Markers In FM And Related Syndromes »
• Conclusion »

Role of genomics and metabolism in some neurophysiological aspects of chronic pain in fibromyalgia

• Introduction »
• Endogenous opioid alcaloid, metabolism, genomic and pain thresholds »
• Conclusion and perspective »
• Acknowledgements »
• Reference List »