Hurts so good: Chronic pain changes brain response to acute pain
Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 05:21
in Psychology & Sociology
New research reveals why a stimulus that healthy human subjects perceive as a reward might be processed quite differently in the brains of humans suffering from chronic pain. The study, published by Cell Press in the 15 April issue of the journal Neuron, provides fascinating insight into an apparent switch in neural circuitry that may be an integral part of the pathophysiology of chronic pain...