A new study reveals that when it comes to pain control, the "placebo effect" involves evolutionarily old pain control pathways in the human brainstem, the part of the brain that is continuous with the ...

A publication from Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B discusses allosteric modulation of G protein-coupled receptors as a novel therapeutic strategy in neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain is a debilitating ...

Researchers have discovered a novel pain control pathway that links the cingulate cortex in the front of the brain, through the pons region of the brainstem, to cerebellum in the back of the brain.

René Descartes gave a colorful description of the mechanism of pain in the 17th Century: "Particles" of fire set in motion a spot on the skin of the foot, and by means of a "delicate thread" they open ...

New research into the mechanism of the placebo effect sheds light on the brain circuitry involved in pain relief. The study, conducted by scientists at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Stanford ...

Share on Pinterest A recent study used computational methods to identify novel compounds that activate receptors involved in pain modulation without sedation. Peter Dazeley/Getty Images Research on ...

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 ...

When people instinctively begin rubbing their temples to ease a headache or cradle an elbow after bumping it, they engage in a deeply rooted biological behavior. This simple act of touch-based ...

The placebo effect is very real. This we've known for decades, as seen in real-life observations and the best double-blinded randomized clinical trials researchers have devised for many diseases and ...