Research reveals that brain imaging can predict the facial expressions associated with pain, offering a new tool for clinicians to assess pain beyond traditional methods. Credit: SciTechDaily.com ...

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“Physical therapy is such an important part of treating chronic pain,” says Tamara Dangerfield, MPT, a physical therapist at University of Utah Health. “The more we learn about it, the more we realize ...

Summary: Parvalbumin (PV) interneurons in the primary somatosensory cortex (S1) have been identified as key players in encoding pain intensity and driving gamma oscillations, according to a study.

The results are based on a discovery-replication approach with different cohorts, but the sample size is limited. The findings will interest researchers interested in the brain mechanisms of chronic ...

The findings will interest researchers interested in the brain mechanisms of chronic pain and in developing brain-based biomarkers of chronic pain. Chronic back pain (CBP) is a global health concern ...

How does your brain know when you feel pain? How does it know the difference between the soft touch of a feather and a needle prick? And, how does that information get to your body in time to respond?

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