Gate keepers for mechanical pain
A study in Cell identifies neurons in the spinal cord that make up a key circuit for processing mechanical pain. TheContinue Reading
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Insulin-Like Growth Factor Promotes Pain Through Calcium Channels
Insulin-like growth factor, a protein made in the liver, promotes pain signaling through calcium channels, reports a paper in ScienceContinue Reading
WCPG 2014 meeting reports
In October I travelled to Copenhagen, Denmark, to file these meeting reports from the 25th Annual World Congress of PsychiatricContinue Reading
Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: More Harm Than Good?
Over the past 15 years, powerful opioid painkillers have been on the front lines of treatment for backache, headaches, andContinue Reading
Neural crash
What makes price bubbles come and go? Researchers looked inside the brain and found signs of irrational exuberance, and predictors of anContinue Reading
Calcium channel tag offers novel target for pain relief
A paper published in Neuron finds a new way to remove the calcium channels from neurons that promote pain signaling. The findings suggest forContinue Reading
Different pain, same genes?
Different chronic pain syndromes share genetic risk factors, according to a twin study published in Pain. Read this story atContinue Reading
Messy moves
People whose movements are more variable pick up new motor skills more quickly. Read this story in Scientific American Mind.
No pain, time gained
The loss of pain-transducing receptors called TRPV1 paves the way to a long life, according to a study published MayContinue Reading
Antibody inhibits pain, itch
An antibody to the a part of the Nav1.7 sodium channel calms pain and itch in mice, according to a studyContinue Reading
Chromatin culprits in schizophrenia
Sifting through the protein-coding portion of the genome, called the exome, has revealed mutations related to chromatin in schizophrenia, according toContinue Reading
Interneuron transplants calm brain
Weakened inhibition in the hippocampus, the brain’s memory center, can lead to overactivity similar to that found in schizophrenia, reportsContinue Reading
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