New research suggests that difficult experiences in childhood may prime the nervous system for chronic pain later in life. A ...

All over the body are tiny sensors called nociceptors whose job is to spot potentially harmful stimuli and send warning ...

Asking people how much money they would accept to experience pain again can provide a more accurate and comparable measure of pain levels than the familiar 1-10 scale, according to an international ...

A breakthrough discovery reveals how the SLC45A4 gene fine-tunes polyamine transport in sensory neurons, reshaping our understanding of pain and opening new paths for targeted therapies. Study: ...

Josh Leonardis, a researcher at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, received funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National ...

A gelatin memristor with 16 stable conductance states mimics biological pain perception, rating intensity, sensitizing after ...

Pain and mood have a complicated relationship. Numerous studies show that low mood intensifies the experience of pain. Likewise, pain disorders develop more commonly in people with a history of ...