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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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·December 1, 2016·5 min read

Autism Linked Protein Crucial For Feeling Pain

TRPV1 and SHANK3 could play a role in pain insensitivity in people with autism, a new study reports.

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·November 29, 2016·3 min read

Just Watching Hurts! Signs of Pain Seen in the Brain

Researchers report abnormal activation in areas that respond to normal pain when a person with CRPS witnesses another person experience painful stimuli.

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·November 11, 2016·3 min read

Pain Sensors Specialized for Specific Sensations

Researchers discover over 85 percent of pain sensing neurons are sensitive to one specific type of pain event.

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·November 11, 2016·3 min read

Pain is Not Just a Matter of Nerves

Researchers reveal the role glial cells play in the sensation of pain.

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·November 3, 2016·4 min read

Tuning the Brain to Alleviate Pain

According to researchers, both visual and auditory stimulation can significantly induce pain intensity.

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·October 27, 2016·5 min read

Placebo Sweet Spot for Pain Relief Found in Brain

Researchers believe their finding could usher in a new era of personalized interventions to help chronic pain sufferers.

Image shows brain scans from a person who experiences phantom limb pain.

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·October 27, 2016·5 min read

Cause of Phantom Limb Pain in Amputees Identified

According to researchers, a reorganization of wiring in the brain could be an underlying cause of phantom limb pain experienced by amputees.

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·October 12, 2016·5 min read

Touching Research: Fighting Pain Through Knowledge of Sensory Organs in Fingertips

Researchers look at how sensory organs in the skin work, The findings may help solve certain sensory pain disorders.

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·October 11, 2016·4 min read

How the Naked Mole Rat Escapes Inflammatory Pain

Findings from a study of naked mole rats could be important for helping develop pain therapies for humans.

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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.