Sensory neurons that respond to temperature, touch and pain have ways of adapting to repeated stimuli that can change how a ...

Pain is a universal experience that, while unpleasant, serves a crucial purpose: to protect us. But when pain becomes a ...

NIH-Funded Research Team Engineers New Drug Targeting Pain Sensation Pathway with Implications for Chronic Pain Treatment ...

Chronic pain can develop when the brain continues to send out pain messages even after an injury has healed. When this occurs ...

Neurons send signals via action potentials, which involves a rapid exchange of ions across tiny conduits in the membrane called ion channels. Ion channels also work to quickly end this exchange. This ...

Rheumatoid arthritis neuropathy occurs when inflammation or other factors related to RA affect the peripheral nervous system.