Neuroscience
'Ouch zone' in the brain identified
Activity in a brain area known as the dorsal posterior insula is directly related to the intensity of pain, a brain imaging study of 17 people has found.
Mar 9, 2015
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Neuroscience
Treating gut pain via a Nobel prize-winning receptor
Targeting a receptor responsible for our sense of touch and temperature, which researchers have now found to be present in our colon, could provide a new avenue for treating chronic pain associated with gastrointestinal disorders ...
Dec 23, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mindfulness meditation reduces pain by separating it from the self
For centuries, people have been using mindfulness meditation to try to relieve their pain, but neuroscientists have only recently been able to test if and how this actually works. In the latest of these efforts, researchers ...
Jul 8, 2022
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Taste, temperature and pain sensations are neurologically linked, study finds
If you have eaten a chili pepper, you have likely felt how your body reacts to the spicy hot sensation. New research published by biologists at the University of Oklahoma shows that the brain categorizes taste, temperature ...
Mar 22, 2022
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Spinal stimulators repurposed to restore touch in lost limb
Imagine tying your shoes or taking a sip of coffee or cracking an egg but without any feeling in your hand. That's life for users of even the most advanced prosthetic arms.
Jul 21, 2020
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Study reveals circuit mechanism underlying nociceptive information processing
A recent study published in Neuron reveals the long-range circuit underlying nociceptive information processing. This work was performed by the researchers from Dr. Sun Yangang's Lab at the Institute of Neuroscience, Center ...
Jul 10, 2020
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Neuroscience
Study identifies gene that makes gentle touch feel painful after injury
Ever wonder why things that normally feel gentle, like putting on soft shirts, are painful after a sunburn? In a study of four patients with a rare genetic disorder, NIH researchers found that PIEZO2, a gene previously shown ...
Oct 10, 2018
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Neuroscience
Neuroscientists map brain's response to cold touch
Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientists have mapped the feeling of cool touch to the brain's insula in a mouse model. The findings, published in the June 15 issue of Journal of Comparative Neurology, provide an experimental ...
Jun 18, 2018
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Neuroscience
Being hungry shuts off perception of chronic pain
Pain can be valuable. Without it, we might let our hand linger on a hot stove, for example. But longer-lasting pain, such as the inflammatory pain that can arise after injury, can be debilitating and costly, preventing us ...
Mar 22, 2018
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Neuroscientists find 'gatekeeper' in itching sensations plays no role in pain transmission
A study from North Carolina State University researchers shows that a neurotransmitter involved in relaying itching sensations from the skin to the spinal cord and into the brain plays no role in pain transmission.
Oct 3, 2017
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