Why Some People Are More Sensitive To Pain: Brain Structure

The problem with diagnosing and treating pain is that it's so subjective. But a new paper in Pain says that brain structure may hold some answers.  Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center say that the amount of grey matter in certain regions of the brain  is related to how intensely people perceive pain.   The brain is made up of both grey and white matter. Grey matter processes information much like a computer, while white matter coordinates communications between the different regions of the brain. read more

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