The newfound ensemble of neurons could lead to therapies to treat persistent pain, which affects roughly one of five people ...

Researchers have found a set of brainstem neurons that can dial down chronic pain. These Y1 receptor neurons balance pain with other vital needs like hunger and fear, showing that the brain can ...

Exercise can help your pain, but it hurts to exercise. Done strategically, however, movement can reshape the way your body ...

Scientists uncover brain neurons that can dial down chronic pain during survival needs. Could lead to personalized, non-drug ...

In the face of something that threatens survival, a certain group of neurons can produce a molecule that acts as a painkiller ...

In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain into something a camera or sensor can ...

Is your headache just from stress — or something far more dangerous? :brain: Neurologist Dr Baibing Chen reveals the warning ...

A new study finds that musicians experience pain differently than non-musicians, thanks to how their brains adapt through years of training.

Everyone gets headaches. Everyone misplaces their phone or forgets a name now and then. Most of the time, these moments are ...

Penn Medicine researchers discovered that psilocybin can ease chronic pain and depression by subtly tuning serotonin activity ...

New research shows that psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms, can reduce both chronic pain and pain-related depression by modulating brain circuits rather than acting at the site ...

Turns out, it really is about your brain freezing — here's the biology behind this "alarm" signal.