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Abstract
This conversation is about research highlighted in the Editors' Choice summary titled, "Anesthesia Increases Postoperative Pain." The highlighted article is J. A. Matta, P. M. Cornett, R. L. Miyares, K. Abe, N. Sahibzada, G. P. Ahern, General anesthetics activate a nociceptive ion channel to enhance pain and inflammation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 105, 8784–8789 (2008). (Length: 11 min; file size: 5 MB; file format: mp3; location: http://podcasts.aaas.org/science_signaling/ScienceSignaling_080805.mp3)