Spontaneous pain after nerve injury is linked to spontaneous activity in uninjured nociceptors that become insensitive to cutaneous stimulation

J Pain. 2026 Jun 11:106351. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2026.106351. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis cross-sectional study examined whether individualized racism, as measured by experiences of discrimination, internalized stigma of chronic pain, and perceived injustice, as well as structural racism, as measured by the Area Deprivation Index (ADI), mediates racial disparities in nonspecific chronic low