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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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·May 4, 2023·6 min read

Underlying Mechanism of Neuropathic Pain Revealed

The enzyme Tiam1 in dorsal horn excitatory neurons of the spinal cord is responsible for initiating and maintaining neuropathic pain. Targeting spinal Tiam1 with anti-sense oligonucleotides injected into the cerebrospinal fluid effectively alleviates pain hypersensitivity.

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·December 17, 2021·5 min read

Pain and Anxiety Impact Breathing on a Cellular Level

Core neurons in the lateral parabrachial nucleus project to the amygdala, an area of the brain associated with fear and emotional processing of pain. Neurons in the shell project to the pre-Bötzinger complex, a region that generates breathing rhythm. Both core and shell neurons influence each other according to inputs from each area, increasing breathing rate when we are in pain or anxious.

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·May 17, 2016·4 min read

Exposure to Narrow Band of Green Light Improves Migraine Symptoms

Exposing migraine sufferers to a narrow band of green light may help to reduce the severity of the headache, a new study reports.

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·April 25, 2021·6 min read

Research Shows Pain Relieving Effects of CBD

CBD does not appear to reduce experimental pain intensity but does make the experience of pain less unpleasant.

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·July 19, 2019·3 min read

Music may offer alternative to preoperative drug routinely used to calm nerves

Study shows listening to calming music before surgery has similar effects as midazolam in reducing anxiety before regional anesthesia is given.

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·February 28, 2022·1 min read

Nostalgia Can Relieve Pain

Viewing nostalgic images of items and scenes associated with childhood can help to reduce pain perception.

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·October 16, 2020·5 min read

The Most Effective Drugs for Common Type of Neuropathic Pain

A study of four drugs to combat chronic neuropathic pain finds Nortriptyline has the highest efficacious percentage and lowest quit rate.

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·March 29, 2022·3 min read

Little Understood Brain Region Linked to How We Perceive Pain

Study reveals how the claustrum plays a vital role in how we experience and perceive pain.

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·August 18, 2016·3 min read

Designer Agent Blocks Pain Without Morphine’s Side Effects: Mouse Study

Researchers have developed a new compound that selectively targets the brain's analgesic circuitry, but does not trigger potentially lethal side effects like traditional opioids.

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·April 29, 2019·4 min read

Newfound autoimmune syndrome causes muscle pain, weakness

Researchers have identified a new autoimmune disease that causes muscle pain and weakness. Large-histiocyte-related immune myopathy (LHIM), generates similar results to the condition rhabdomyolysis in blood chemistry samples. LHIM can effectively be treated with anti-inflammatory drugs to help reduce symptoms.

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·June 28, 2021·4 min read

Sunflower Seed Peptide Could Treat Pain and Inflammation

Synthetically optimizing a peptide commonly found in sunflower seeds could help provide relief for gastrointestinal pain and inflammation, a new study reports.