FeaturedNeurologyNeurosciencePain·March 1, 2021·2 min readCan Cannabis Use Lead to Rebound Headaches for People With Migraine?People who use cannabis to help manage the pain associated with chronic migraine are six times more likely to suffer from rebound headaches, or medication overuse headaches, than those who do not use marijuana.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyPain·March 1, 2021·3 min readAddressing a Complex World of Pain in a Single Gene DifferenceResearchers say it is essential to analyze individual influences to better understand disparities in treatment and personal experience of sickle cell anemia.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeurosciencePain·February 24, 2021·4 min readPain Perception Could Help Diagnose Alzheimer’s Before Symptoms OccurAltered pain perception could be a new biomarker to assess late-onset Alzheimer's risk in cognitively healthy individuals with the AopE4 gene before symptoms occur.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPain·February 10, 2021·4 min readLipid Epoxides Target Pain and Inflammatory Pathways in NeuronsTwo epoxidated compounds prove to be powerful in the regulation of pain and inflammation.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeurosciencePainPsychology·February 3, 2021·5 min readHow Does Pain Experienced in Everyday Life Impact Memory?Higher pain intensity was linked to reductions in working memory ability and increased activity in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeurosciencePain·February 2, 2021·3 min readModeling the Brain During Pain ProcessingInhibitory interneurons account for 20% of the brain circuitry required to process pain.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedNeurosciencePainPsychology·January 10, 2021·5 min readMindfulness Can Help Ease the Pain of Breast Cancer SurvivorsMindfulness-based stress reduction can help reduce symptoms of neuropathic pain in breast cancer survivors.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeurosciencePainPsychology·January 8, 2021·8 min readMore Than Half of People Using Cannabis for Pain Experience Multiple Withdrawal SymptomsPeople who use cannabis as a form of pain management report sleeplessness, nausea, and changes in mood or behavior when they go a significant time without using the drug.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyPainPsychology·December 30, 2020·3 min readWhy Opioids Cannot Fix Chronic PainStudy explores the role the reward system plays in chronic pain, finding emotional and physical pain are bidirectional. Opioids, researchers report, ultimately make things worse.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyPain·December 10, 2020·5 min readSoothing Words and Music During Surgery Might Reduce Postoperative PainPatients exposed to soothing music while under general anesthetic experienced less postoperative pain and had lower opioid consumption following surgery.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeurosciencePain·December 10, 2020·4 min readWhen It Comes to Feeling Pain, Touch or an Itch, Location MattersStudy identifies where different cells associated with triggering sensorimotor reflexes are located in the spinal cord.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyPain·November 25, 2020·3 min readNew Mechanism of Pain Control RevealedStimulating noradrenergic neurons in the locus coeruleus that carry signals from the brain down the spinal dorsal horn activates astrocytes. The astrocyte activation results in hypersensitivity to pain.Read More
