Nervous System: News and Research on Cerebral Cortex

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Why chronic low back pain feels 'personal'

Low back pain is the single leading cause of disability worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. For people with chronic low back pain (cLBP) lasting more than 12 weeks, a sudden pain flare triggered by movement ...

A brainstem signal reorganizes the neural code for taste

Why might food seem appealing in one state of mind and less enticing in another? New UConn research offers insight into how the brain systems that regulate alertness and stress may reshape how taste is represented in the ...

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