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 ...

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara identified a pain pathway in fruit flies that reduces the sensation of pain from heat. The researchers discovered that just a single neuron on each side of the animal’s ...

Learning and memory formation involve long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic strength. A fundamental feature of LTP induction in the brain is the need for coincident pre- and postsynaptic activity.

Nociceptive pain in shoulders, arms and hands can be triggered by repetitive musculoskeletal and/or joint movement injury that can occur with repeated transfers, use of a manual wheelchair and other ...

Ethnicity & Disease, Vol. 18, Supplement 2: Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI): Current Science (Spring 2008), pp. 20-24 (5 pages) In women, clinical studies suggest that functional pain ...

Neuroscientists have found a pathway in the brain where taste and pain intersect in a new study that originally was designed to look at the intersection of taste and food temperature. This study was ...

Pain is a constant, complex companion that clinicians often struggle to understand and measure for people living with sickle ...