Medical research
How does the brain process heat as pain?
The world has changed since 1664, when French philosopher and scientist Rene Descartes first claimed the brain was responsible for feeling the sensation of pain.
Jun 8, 2022
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Medical research
Study reveals how migraine pain signals are generated—and blocked
An international team of researchers has discovered that Schwann cells—which are abundant in the peripheral nervous system and create a protective sheath around nerve fibers—play an essential role in migraine pain. Their ...
Feb 3, 2022
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Neuroscience
Researchers identify osteoarthritis 'pain pathway'
Researchers from North Carolina State University have discovered that a particular molecular signaling pathway plays an important role in producing osteoarthritis (OA) pain. Using a mouse model of painful osteoarthritis, ...
Jan 27, 2022
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Cardiology
Mayo Clinic Minute: Watch for these heart arrhythmia red flags
A heart arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat. It occurs when the electrical signals that tell the heart when to beat and pump blood aren't functioning properly. Some heart arrhythmias can be harmless and just bothersome, ...
Dec 8, 2021
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Neuroscience
Brainstem pathway modulates pain in placebo effect
It's not all in your head, but your expectations can sway your perception of pain intensity. Information about expectations—the driver of the placebo effect—travels from the cortex to groups of cells in the brainstem, ...
Oct 25, 2021
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Medical research
Chili peppers and hugs: What inspired Nobel medicine winners
David Julius was browsing a supermarket aisle filled with chili pepper sauces when he turned to his wife, a fellow scientist, and said he thought it was time he finally solved how certain chemicals cause the sensation of ...
Oct 4, 2021
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Medical research
Researchers identify mouse brain pathways active during feelings of empathy
A trio of researchers at Stanford University has found the pathways in the parts of the mouse brain that become active when witnessing pain, fear and pain relief in other mice. In their paper published in the journal Science, ...
Neuroscience
Neuroscientists advance understanding of pain from light touch
Researchers from the Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine announced today in the journal Neuron that they've uncovered additional complexities behind mechanical allodynia—the ...
Nov 11, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New understanding of the neuropilin-1 protein could speed COVID vaccine research
When it comes to how the coronavirus invades a cell, it takes three to tango. The dance began with the ACE2 receptor, a protein on human cells that allows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to enter and infect the ...
Oct 23, 2020
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Biomedical technology
Researchers develop a simplified method to modify disease signaling with light
Most diseases are caused by aberrant cell signaling processes, and basic research in cell signaling is needed to identify targets for future therapeutic approaches, especially in cases where no cures or effective treatments ...
Oct 22, 2020
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