Researchers have identified a unique population of astrocytes in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord of mice that produces pain hypersensitivity when activated by neurons carrying signals down from the ...

Explore the latest guidelines for treating neuropathic pain, based on a comprehensive study by the International Association for the Study of Pain’s NeuPSIG. This research evaluates both drug and ...

After the onset of painful peripheral stimuli, nociceptive neurons are activated and instigate a cascade of neuronal firings that transmit along the axons of the primary afferent fibers toward nerve ...

Perineuronal nets, rigid structures that hold certain neurons in place, affect a surprising amount of brain activity, including some associated with chronic pain. Neuroscientists, being interested in ...

The School of Dentistry at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) earned the first National Institutes of Health grant under its new Center for Pain ...

On Jan. 30, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new drug called suzetrigine to treat moderate-to-severe pain. The prescription pills, sold under the brand name Journavx and made by ...

With the opioid crisis, the quest to understand the biology of pain and explore new ways to treat it has taken on fresh urgency. Vitaly Napadow, a neuroscientist at Harvard Medical School and ...

Halneuron, a NaV 1.7 sodium channel inhibitor, is being tested for chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain, offering a potential opioid alternative. Previous trials showed Halneuron significantly ...

Erin Young receives funding from National Institutes of Health. Erin Young is an Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut School of Nursing and Assistant Director of the Center for Advancement ...

As the pandemic raged, monoclonal antibodies gained sudden prominence when these laboratory-made proteins were found to reduce the risk of hospitalization from COVID in vulnerable and ...