Researchers have uncovered a surprising way the brain switches pain on, revealing that neurons can release an enzyme outside ...

Many people going through chemotherapy experience pain, tingling, or numbness in their hands and feet. This condition is ...

A new study has identified a specific brain circuit that can push behavior into a compulsive “repeat mode,” forcing mice to ...

Researchers discovered that chemotherapy can accidentally trigger a stress alarm in immune cells, causing inflammation that ...

Researchers at Tulane University, with a team of colleagues from eight other universities, have discovered a new nerve cell signaling mechanism that could transform our understanding of pain and lead ...

Neuropathic pain, a chronic condition resulting from nervous system lesions or diseases, remains a formidable clinical challenge due to its complex and ...

Researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas' Center for Advanced Pain Studies (CAPS) and their colleagues have made a ...

Researchers at Tulane University, with a team of colleagues from eight other universities, have discovered a new nerve cell ...

Scientists from Tulane University and The University of Texas at Dallas have discovered a new way that nerve cells communicate – by releasing an enzyme outside the cell that switches on pain signaling ...

After years of work, cognition and neuroscience doctoral student Hailey Welch is—for the first time—the lead author of a ...

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Peripheral afferent neurons — nerves that send signals from all areas of the body to the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) — are known to infiltrate and grow within malignant bone tumors ...