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·June 20, 2013·3 min read

Social Rejection May Not Prompt Same Response in Brain as Does Physical Pain After All

New research finds the pain of social rejection might not prompt the same brain response as physical pain, as previously thought.

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Featured Neurology

·June 13, 2013·2 min read

Study Points to Role of Nervous System in Arthritis

A new study supports growing evidence that the nervous system and nerve growth factor (NGF) play a significant role in arthritis. The findings also suggest reducing elevated NGF levels could be key in developing treatments for arthritis pain.

The image shows the thermosensitve afferents of TRPM8.

Electrophysiology Featured

·February 13, 2013·2 min read

Scientists Turn Off the Ability to Feel Cold

Researchers have isolated chills at a cellular level, identifying the sensory network of neurons in the skin that relays the sensation of cold. By better understanding the specific ways in which we feel sensations, scientists hope to one day develop better pain treatments without knocking out all ability to feel for suffering patients.

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·October 25, 2012·3 min read

Sensory Neurons Identified as Critical to Sense of Touch

The findings in fruit fly larvae demonstrate the first known function for the sensory neurons and provide insights that could broaden the understanding of chronic pain syndromes in humans.

Featured Genetics Neurology

·June 4, 2012·2 min read

New Hope for Migraine Sufferers

Griffith University identifies female gene link. New hope has arrived for migraine sufferers following a Griffith University study with the...

Neurology

·May 14, 2012·2 min read

Smoked Cannabis Reduces Some Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis

Controlled trial shows improved spasticity, reduced pain after smoking medical marijuana. A clinical study of 30 adult patients with multiple...

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·April 19, 2012·2 min read

Migraine Patients Find Pain Relief in Electrical Brain Stimulation

Chronic migraine sufferers saw significant pain relief after four weeks of electrical brain stimulation in the part of the brain...

Neurology

·February 22, 2012·2 min read

An Off Switch for Pain

Chemists build light-controlled neural inhibitor. The notion of a pain switch is an alluring idea, but is it realistic? Well,...

Featured Neuroscience

·August 3, 2011·5 min read

What Steers Vampires to Blood?

UCSF researchers discover heat-detecting molecules on noses of vampire bats. Scientists have known for years that when vampire bats tear...

Genetics Neuroscience

·December 17, 2010·2 min read

Pain in the Potassium Channels

The removal of a certain class of potassium channels from the surface of nociceptors is believed to be a key factor in inflammatory pain signaling. Using gene interference to reduce the expression of these specific potassium channels on nociceptors, researchers were able to produce hyperexcitability in nociceptors resembling that seen in inflammatory pain signaling.