How The Brain Remembers Pain - And How To Artifically Relieve It

Friday, March 27, 2015 - 01:40 in Health & Medicine

Chronic pain is a common complaint affecting millions of people worldwide. Because it is often a non-specific symptom, proper treatment strategies are more like 'keep doing things until something works'. A new study has identified a cellular mechanism in the brain of mice that contributes to the development of chronic pain, which the authors believe can lead to a novel pharmacological treatment strategy for chronic pain.   read more

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