About the Authors

Matthew Thakur

ucklmth@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Neuropharmacology of Pain Group, Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Wahida Rahman

Affiliation Neuropharmacology of Pain Group, Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Carl Hobbs

Affiliation Neurorestoration Group, Wolfson CARD, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Anthony H. Dickenson

Affiliation Neuropharmacology of Pain Group, Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

David L. H. Bennett

Affiliation Neurorestoration Group, Wolfson CARD, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. Pregabalin was provided as a gift from Pfizer, Sandwich, UK for this study. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT AD DB. Performed the experiments: MT WR. Analyzed the data: MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CH. Wrote the paper: MT.