Pleasure, pain brain signals disrupted in fibromyalgia patients
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
New research indicates that a disruption of brain signals for reward and punishment contributes to increased pain sensitivity, known as hyperalgesia, in fibromyalgia patients. Results suggest that this altered brain processing might contribute to widespread pain and lack of response to opioid therapy in patients with fibromyalgia.