Article: Pain in the Brain

Article: Recordings from electrodes in brain might measure pain.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  November 16, 2007 ;     401 words ...Recordings from electrodes in brain might measure pain New York, Nov 16 (PTI...identified in the human brain that are active in pain, but their response is...had been undergoing deep-brain stimulation (DBS) for chronic pain. During the recording...

Article: BRAIN OVER PAIN ADVANCED MRIS HELPED PAIN PATIENTS LEARN TO CONTROL THEIR SENSATIONS BY WATCHING ACTIVITY IN BRAINS
The Boston Globe;  January 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ......levels in a part of her brain that helps control the perception of pain. By watching that direct...Americans who suffer chronic pain. The brain-watching method, now...learned to control their brain and, through that, their pain." The idea of training...

Article: Using the Brain to Conquer Pain.(second of two part series on pain)
World and I;  February 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......treat the pain itself. Pain therapies address the brain and other parts of the...culminate in the feeling of pain [see How the Brain Perceives Pain, The World & I, November...enkephalins and thereby reduces pain. The area of the brain most affected by the...

Article: Brain scan that helps tame your pain; Good Health.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  December 12, 2006 ;     511 words ......spinal cord then relay the pain message to the brain. On receiving this message...to a computer. When the brain deciphers the pain messages it receives, this...blood flow to areas of the brain that are activated by pain. And it is this change in...

Article: NO BRAIN, NO PAIN: NERVOUS SYSTEM NOT ALWAYS VERY ACCURATE.(News)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  March 29, 2007 ;     356 words ......notion of where in the brain the 'where' component of pain is processed, said...simple as we thought. Brain mechanisms that process the location of pain now appear to be highly...the regions of the brain involved in finding pain location. Two thermal...

Article: How the Brain Perceives Pain - Imaging of Pain.(Brief Article)
World and I;  November 1, 2002 ;     248 words ......better understanding of the brain's processing of pain and to lay a better foundation...treatment. The imaging of pain signals in the brain was first reported in 1991...identify those parts of the brain that were processing pain. With the improvement of...

Article: Brain can fight pain on its own
Post-Tribune (IN);  August 24, 2005 ;     302 words ......that medicine will make pain go away prompts the brain to release its own natural...spotted specific activity in brain centers related to pain after sham treatments were...study nails down the actual brain chemistry invoked by a pain-related placebo. Researchers...

Article: Study suggests chronic pain harms neurons in key parts of brain.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  November 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......s Center for Research on Pain, noting that the brain damage increases as the pain...protect the areas of the brain damaged by chronic pain. The group has applied for...their attention away from pain may calm the brain in ways similar to the effects...

Article: Chronic pain damages brain neurons, Northwestern researchers find.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  November 23, 2004 ;     700+ words ......s Center for Research on Pain, noting that the brain damage increases as the pain...protect the areas of the brain damaged by chronic pain. The group has applied for...their attention away from pain may calm the brain in ways similar to the effects...

Article: Pleasure and Pain: Study Shows Brain's 'Pleasure Chemical' Is Involved in Response to Pain, Too; Research May Help Explain Why Some People Are More Vulnerable to Drug Abuse When They're Under Stress or Suffer Chronic Pain.
AScribe Health News Service;  October 18, 2006 ;     700+ words ......fun-loving reputation: pain. Using sophisticated brain-scanning and a carefully...of inducing muscle pain, the researchers show that the brain's dopamine system...someone experiences pain - and that this response...certain areas of the brain across all the participants...their ...

Article: Brain waves help measure intensity of pain in humans: Study
The Hindustan Times;  November 15, 2007 ;     335 words ......helpful in refining pain-relief techniques...stimulating the brain with electricity...deep within the brain when a patient is in pain. He says the more...undergoing deep-brain stimulation (DBS) for chronic pain. While recording their brain activity, the...

Article: How the Brain Perceives Pain - Pain and Memory.
World and I;  November 1, 2002 ;     379 words ......creation of chronic pain in the brain is like creating a...still bombarded the brain with extensive stimuli that facilitated pain circuits, leading...and diminishes the brain's memory of tissue injury. Subsequent pain is thus reduced in...

Article: When mind and brain trigger pain
The Boston Globe;  June 28, 1993 ;     700+ words ...That pain in your head is probably all in your brain. But it may begin...chemical pathways for pain on the surface of the brain. But they don't know...chemicals stimulate pain-transmitting nerve...blood vessels on the brain's surface, which produce...

Article: A mirror can trick your brain to relieve your pain!
The Hindustan Times;  November 3, 2005 ;     468 words ......mirror and trick your brain into believing your body is free of pain. Scientists in the...mismatch between the brain's movement control...person to experience pain on the movement of...limb to convince the brain that everything is...and help alleviate pain in complex regional...