A new review article penned by a trio of researchers suggests insects do have the capacity to experience pain. The article summarizes the latest behavioral and molecular science before concluding the ...

New statistical models based on rigorous physiological data from more than 100 surgeries provide objective, accurate measures of 'nociception,' the body's subconscious perception of pain. The degree ...

Upadacitinib treatment was associated with reduced non-nociceptive pain among patients with axSpA, including both neuropathic ...

Research into nociceptive neuronal activity within trigeminal pain models has considerably advanced our understanding of orofacial pain mechanisms. The trigeminal system, crucial for facial sensation, ...

Nociceptive pain in shoulders, arms and hands can be triggered by repetitive musculoskeletal and/or joint movement injury that can occur with repeated transfers, use of a manual wheelchair and other ...

In nociception, a range of G-Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) plays extremely important roles. By modulating the function of a wide variety of ion channels, GPCRs also signal molecules in the case of ...

Ocular pain can have many causes and should not always be diagnosed as dry eye disease, according to a speaker here at Cornea ...

People sometimes mistakenly think of general anesthesia as just a really deep sleep but in fact, anesthesia is really four brain states -- unconsciousness, amnesia, immobility and suppression of the ...

Pain management is a tricky area for physicians: they don’t want patients suffering, but current treatment options are limited, with highly addictive opioids one of the few available resources.

The Annals of Internal Medicine reports that the growth and use of compounded pain creams is unwarranted as they were no better than placebo in a randomized controlled trial, suggesting their higher ...

The degree to which a surgical patient’s subconscious processing of pain, or “nociception,” is properly managed by their anesthesiologist will directly affect the degree of post-operative drug side ...