When pain signals are passed along the nervous system, proteins called calcium channels play a key role. Researchers have now pinpointed the exact location of a specific calcium channel fine-tuning ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers are working on untangling the neural circuitry of chronic and acute pain. Victor Habbick Visions/Science Photo Library ...

Researchers reveal that hormone treatment reduces abnormal nerve invasion and improves chronic back pain CHINA, ...

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Using a brain implant that can record neural signals over many months, my research team and I have discovered objective biomarkers of chronic pain severity in four patients with chronic pain as they ...

New research has found that in a mouse model mimicking Alzheimer's Disease (AD) pain signals are not processed in the same way as in healthy mice. New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, ...

Prasad Shirvalkar receives funding from the National Institutes of Health BRAIN Initiative and HEAL Initiative, UCSF Weill Neurosciences Institute, and the George and Judy Marcus Fund. He is leading ...

Pain serves as your body’s alarm system, alerting you when something requires attention. While most aches and discomforts resolve on their own or with basic care, certain types of pain demand ...

We all deal with aches and pains. The sore back from yesterday’s workout. The tension headache after a stressful day. The occasional muscle twinge that comes and goes. Most bodily discomfort falls ...