Scientists at the Salk Institute have uncovered how a cluster of thalamic neurons links physical pain to emotional trauma, ...

Scientists have discovered a brain circuit that gives pain its emotional sting, explaining why some hurts linger as suffering ...

What if your brain is the reason some pain feels unbearable? Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a hidden brain ...

For chronic pain patients, though, the brain interprets even neutral sensations as pain and suffering. In effect, pain ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand ...

Pain isn't just a physical sensation-it also carries emotional weight. That distress, anguish, and anxiety can turn a ...

Pain is more than a physical signal — it also carries emotional weight that shapes our response and memory of discomfort.

Recent insights into the receptors expressed by sensory neurons are providing the beginnings of a biological basis for designing therapies to block nociceptive information before it reaches the ...