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Article: Brain waves help measure intensity of pain in humans: Study
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- The Hindustan Times
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- November 15, 2007
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London, Nov. 15 -- University of Oxford researchers say that recordings from electrodes in the human brain have helped them to identify a neural signal, which can be used to measure the intensity of pain an individual feels.
The researchers believe that the signal identified by them may also be helpful in refining pain-relief techniques that involve stimulating the brain with electricity.
Morten Kringelbach of the psychiatry department at the university has revealed that the discovery is based on low-frequency brain waves that emanate from two regions buried deep within the brain when a patient is in pain.
He says the ...