Researchers block a pain pathway in the brain.

In an opensource study published in the journal Brain, Saint Louis University researchers, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other academic institutions have discovered a way to block a pain pathway in animal models of chronic neuropathic pain including pain caused by chemotherapeutic agents and bone cancer pain suggesting a promising new approach to pain relief. The team demonstrated that turning on a receptor … Continue reading Researchers block a pain pathway in the brain.