Why do some people suffer more than others, even when the pain is the same? Scientists have uncovered a hidden brain circuit ...

Pain isn't just a physical sensation—it also carries emotional weight. That distress, anguish, and anxiety can turn a fleeting injury into long-term suffering.

Scientists have uncovered a brain circuit linking physical pain to emotional suffering, offering new hope for chronic pain treatment.

Reference: Kang SJ, Liu S, Kim JH, et al. Thalamic CGRP neurons define a spinothalamic pathway for affective pain. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2025;122(28). doi: 10.1073/pnas.2505889122. This article has ...

Assessment of spinothalamic tract function beyond pinprick in spinal cord lesions: a contact heat evoked potential study. Neurorehabil. Neural Repair 10.1177/1545968313517755 ...

Motor symptoms in MS mainly originate from corticospinal tract involvement and patients complain of weakness, ... or spinothalamic tracts. Patients commonly report tingling, numbness, ...

For those patients who continue to suffer, minimally invasive techniques to lesion brain and spine pain processing systems may be considered. Our lab (NIH 5R01NR018481) is currently performing a ...