Scientists have uncovered a brain mechanism that may explain why chronic pain leads to depression in some people but not ...

Researchers identify the hippocampus and microglia as the "tipping point" that determines if chronic pain leads to depression ...

Researchers have created an effective therapy for chronic pain that reduces pain intensity by focusing on emotional regulation. A new study led by UNSW Sydney and Neuroscience Research Australia ...

Her research work is conducted within the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Mental Health and Neurodegeneration Themes. She receives Royalties from Cambridge University Press for Brain ...

People with chronic back pain process everyday sounds differently, and more intensely, than people without pain, according to new research from the University of Colorado Anschutz. Published in Annals ...

A few simple habits may help keep the brain younger, even in people living with chronic pain. Image credit: Thomas Barwick/Getty Images Many people live with chronic pain, and previous research has ...

Psychological therapy that changes an individual’s beliefs about pain can provide lasting relief for chronic back pain (CBP), long-term follow-up results of a randomized controlled trial showed. More ...

A neural circuit hidden in an understudied region of the brain plays a critical role in turning temporary pain into pain that can last months or years, according to new University of Colorado Boulder ...

Electricity is the brain’s language. For a decade, National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and philanthropy have enabled UC San Francisco physician-scientists to decipher this language and use ...

In the ongoing search to find a pain intervention that does away with the need for opioids – and bypasses drugs altogether – a new game-based system has shown huge promise in tackling chronic ...

A new case study documents six months of complete pain relief in an 80-year-old man with arthritis, achieved without ...