Sensing pain is extremely unpleasant and sometimes hard to bear - and pain can even become chronic. The perception of pain varies a lot depending on the context in which it is experienced. 50 years ...

The gate control theory of pain, put forward by Ron Melzack and Patrick Wall in 1962, is the idea that physical pain is not a direct result of activation of pain receptor neurons, but rather its ...

As we all know, aging can be a pain in the neck (literally … and in the back, legs, etc.). The process of aging does many things to our bodies (i.e., muscles begin to lose their strength, eyesight ...

Sensing pain is extremely unpleasant and sometimes hard to bear - and pain can even become chronic. The perception of pain varies a lot depending on the context in which it is experienced. 50 years ...

Unrelieved pain has major negative effects on the lives of millions of people worldwide, and is associated with huge societal costs. Breakthroughs in pain therapy have been rare in the past 50 years, ...

The spinal cord transmits pain signals to the brain, where they are consciously perceived. But not all the impulses arrive at their destination: Certain neurons act as checkpoints and determine ...