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Pain Neuroscience news articles cover science research about pain receptors, nociceptors, nociception, sensory neurons, somatosensory cortex, chronic pain, acute pain, nocioceptors, musculoskeletal pain, therapies, phantom limb pain and other pain research.

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·January 28, 2016·3 min read

New Painkiller May Be A Safer, Non-Addictive Alternative to Morphine

Researchers have developed a new pain relieving medication that is as strong as morphine, but is less likely to be addictive, and with fewer side effects.

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·January 28, 2016·2 min read

How Chronic Pain Alters the Immune System

A new study reports chronic pain may reprogram the way genes work in the immune system.

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·January 9, 2016·5 min read

Curbing The Epidemic of Opioid Abuse by Rethinking Chronic Pain

Could rethinking the way we think about chronic pain curb the growing epidemic of opioid addiction?

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·January 7, 2016·4 min read

Link Between Dry Eye and Chronic Pain Syndromes Identified

A new study draws a link between some chronic pain syndromes and 'dry eye'.

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·December 21, 2015·4 min read

New Drug Therapy Could End Chronic Pain

Drug combination targets brain circuits in the nucleus accumbens and completely eliminate chronic pain behavior.

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·October 30, 2015·4 min read

Therapy Could Help Chronic Pain Sufferers Get a Good Night’s Sleep

Researchers report chronic pain sufferers could benefit from cognitive therapy to help them sleep better.

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·October 26, 2015·4 min read

Pain Threshold Can Be Raised by Altering Brain Chemistry

According to a new study, the number of opiate receptors in the brain increases in order to combat severe pain in arthritis sufferers.

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·October 12, 2015·4 min read

Chronic Pain is in the Brain

A new study reports on the role of HCN channels in pain processing.

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·September 22, 2015·3 min read

Researchers Discover Unexpected Link Between Chronic Pain and Choroid Plexus

Researchers have discovered a novel link between the size of the choroid plexus and complex regional pain syndrome.

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·August 24, 2015·4 min read

Antidepressants Reduce Neuropathic Pain by Altering Signaling Protein Levels in Nucleus Accumbens

Researchers believe the newly understood mechanism could yield insights into more precise future treatments for nerve pain and depression.

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·July 21, 2015·3 min read

Smoking Cannabis Reduces Diabetic Neuropathy Pain

Researchers report positive effects of smoking marijuana on reducing the pain of diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

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·June 29, 2015·3 min read

Men and Women Process Pain Differently

According to a new study, women and men have different sensitivity to pain and women are more likely to suffer from chronic pain conditions.

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