The gate control theory also stimulated a shift away from the traditional direct-line pain pathway to the concept of parallel neural networks in the brain associated with the sensory, affective ...

In fact, these channels are more active during chronic pain. They are specifically located at the ends of sensory nerve cells. Drugs that dampen their activity reduce the communication of pain ...

Researchers in Europe say they’ve linked the genetics of ancient Neanderthal interbreeding to low thresholds for specific types of pain in modern humans. They published the find ...

The study found that the optimal pain-reducing stroking speed was about ... to repeat their experiment in premature babies, whose sensory pathways are still developing. Caroline Lee-Davey, chief ...

which allowed them to test five sensory modalities: intense cold, light cold, neutral temperature, light heat, and intense ...