**Acknowledgements**

Experimental work in my laboratory examining pain and neurostimulation has been conducted by Dr. Tonya Moloney, Dr. Eissa Al –Hashessi, Niamh O'Connor, Eoin Devy-Gray, Lucy O'Donoghue, Clive Drakeford, Victor Rodrigues, Brendan Grafe, Hannah Ashe, and Louisa-May Hanrahan. All have provided valuable contributions to discussions on literature in the area of pain and neurostimulation.

Funding has been provided by Trinity College, Dublin.
