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The brain’s natural painkiller system can turn against the body
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (1143+ words) Switching off a cluster of cells in the mouse brainstem eased nerve pain, and restoring one receptor reversed months of hypersensitivity. The brain runs a painkiller of its own. At the base of the skull, a small cluster of cells…...
Study Finds Cancer Drugs Could Offer New Hope for Chronic Nerve Pain
1+ week, 3+ day ago (309+ words) What if a protein linked to cancer could also hold the key to treating chronic nerve pain? Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified a potential new pathway involved in chronic neuropathic pain, raising the…...
Cancer Drugs Can Help Reduce Chronic Nerve Pain, Study Shows
1+ week, 5+ day ago (244+ words) Chronic nerve pain (Credits: iStock) A cancer-related protein known as BRAF has been found to help drive chronic nerve pain along with the existing cancer drugs targeting it were seen to reduce pain sensitivity in preclinical models. “Our findings identify…...
BRAF Inhibitors Reduce Pain in Nerve Injury Models
1+ week, 5+ day ago (235+ words) Researchers at MD Anderson Cancer Center found BRAF inhibitors—already approved for cancer—reduced touch, pressure, and heat sensitivity in preclinical nerve injury models, per a 25 August 2026 Science Signaling study. Preclinical models showed that the BRAF inhibitor vemurafenib and the…...
Cancer protein BRAF may offer new target for nerve pain
1+ week, 6+ day ago (558+ words) Daijiworld Media Network - Houston Houston, Aug 31: A protein best known for its role in cancer may also play a key role in chronic nerve pain, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, raising the possibility…...
Scientists discover why damaged nerves struggle to heal
2+ week, 1+ day ago (272+ words) Scientists have identified a protein that acts like a brake on the nervous system’s ability to repair damaged connections. Blocking AHR helped injured nerve fibers regrow and improved movement and sensation in mice with nerve or spinal cord injuries. The…...
Researchers identify new way to reduce chronic nerve pain
2+ week, 4+ day ago (487+ words) image: Hui-Lin Pan, M.D., Ph.D. view more Hui-Lin Pan, M.D., Ph.D. Credit: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center The study, published today in Science Signaling, was co-led by Shao-Rui Chen, M.D., professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, and Hui-Lin Pan, M.D., Ph....
Personalized brain stimulation can ease chronic pain
2+ week, 5+ day ago (182+ words) A week-long brain mapping session can lead to lasting relief, a case series of three pain patients shows....
Scientists find brain’s ‘brake’ that can switch off chronic pain
3+ week, 2+ day ago (288+ words) Scientists have identified a group of receptors in the brain that can act as a natural brake on chronic pain, Qazinform News Agency correspondent reports. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found in mice that nerve…...
The Translational Biology of Temporomandibular Disorder Pain: Mechanis | JPR
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1687+ words) Javascript is currently disabled in your browser. Several features of this site will not function whilst javascript is disabled. Open access to scientific and medical research Dove Medical Press is a member of the OAI. Bulk reprints for the pharmaceutical…...