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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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Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles Pain

·June 26, 2016·5 min read

Exploring the Epigenetic Influences of Chronic Pain

According to new research, one protein can regulate the expression of a large number of genes that modulate pain.

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Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles Pain

·June 23, 2016·5 min read

Study Finds 36 Genes Associated With Pain and Nerve Sensitivity

Findings could lead to new drug targets for pain management.

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Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles Pain

·June 1, 2016·4 min read

New Class of Pain Relievers Discovered and Tested

Researchers say a new compound simultaneously blocks two sought after pain targets.

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Featured Neurology Pain Psychology

·May 18, 2016·4 min read

Drug Used For Pain and Anxiety May Be Linked to Birth Defects

A new study reports that pregnant women who take pregabalin, a drug commonly used to treat pain and anxiety, were three times more likely to have a child with a major birth defect.

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Featured Neurology Pain

·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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Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles Pain

·May 12, 2016·4 min read

Study Reveals Why Chronic Pain May Persist

A new study may provide clues as to why chronic pain can persist, even though the injury that caused it has healed.

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Featured Neurology Pain

·May 4, 2016·5 min read

Pain Causes Older Adults to Develop More Inflammation Over Time

As we age, we grow more sensitive to pain, a new study reports.

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Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Pain Psychology

·April 28, 2016·4 min read

High Pain Tolerance? You Must Have Lots of Friends

According to a new study, having a larger social network can make you more tolerant to pain.

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Featured Neurology Pain

·April 25, 2016·4 min read

Shutting Off Chronic Pain With Light

According to researchers, optogenetics could be used as an alternative to opioids to relieve chronic pain.

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Featured Neurology Pain

·April 11, 2016·6 min read

Small Nerve Fibers Defy Neuropathy Conventions

A new study reports prediabetes may be more damaging to motor nerves than previously believed.

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Featured Neurology Pain

·April 4, 2016·5 min read

Electrical Stimulation of Deep Brain Structures May Help Ease Chronic Pain

Researchers use a wireless electrical device to stimulate deep brain areas and provide relief for chronic pain.

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Featured Neuroscience Pain

·March 18, 2016·5 min read

More Than a Feeling: The Anatomy of Pain

Researchers report pain is a multi-layered gradual event, consisting of sensation and emotion.

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