Optical control of a neuroreceptor alleviates chronic pain
Wednesday, December 21, 2016 - 13:31
in Health & Medicine
Pain serves as a valuable warning signal, but when it becomes chronic, pain should be considered as a real disease. An international team has identified and controlled one of the centers associated with chronic pain. This work made it possible to relieve the symptoms in mice and demonstrated the ability of the brain to remedy this problem.