The degree to which a surgical patient’s subconscious processing of pain, or “nociception,” is properly managed by their anesthesiologist will directly affect the degree of post-operative drug side ...

A new review article penned by a trio of researchers suggests insects do have the capacity to experience pain. The article summarizes the latest behavioral and molecular science before concluding the ...

People sometimes mistakenly think of general anesthesia as just a really deep sleep but in fact, anesthesia is really four brain states -- unconsciousness, amnesia, immobility and suppression of the ...

Whenever you choke on acrid cigarette smoke, feel like you’re burning up from a mouthful of wasabi-laced sushi, or cry while cutting raw onions and garlic, your response is being triggered by a ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Acute nociception is essential for survival by warning organisms against potential dangers, whereas tissue injury results in a nociceptive ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 99, No. 4 (Feb. 19, 2002), pp. 2374-2379 (6 pages) Vanilloid receptor subunit 1 (VR1) appears to play a critical ...

One of the major health problems is pain. Studies indicate that 20% of the general population in both the USA and Europe are suffering from long-term pain. As per the International Association for the ...

Fig 2. Basic mechanisms of pain processes at peripheral, spinal, and supraspinal sites and influences of various peripheral mechanisms, including tumor cell– and immune cell–mediated release of ...

New statistical models based on rigorous physiological data from more than 100 surgeries provide objective, accurate measures of 'nociception,' the body's subconscious perception of pain. The degree ...