Research has shown that pain activates some of the same areas of the brain that handle emotions, such as the limbic system. This means that pain may be caused or exacerbated by biological ...

Again, the effect of ovarian steroids on pain responsiveness in rats can be seen in humans, where women approaching the time of ovulation produce more opiate receptors in key parts of the brain ...

the brain seeks to protect an injured area by subconsciously directing the surrounding muscles to not function, or to lock, ostensibly to defend the body against additional pain or injury.

Chef Johnny is right. Pain and pleasure are intricately connected. Similar areas of the brain are activated when you burn your hand on the stove and when you bite into a cookie. To be clear ...

Our acute pain system sends signals from nerve receptors in an affected area (a bad tooth or burned hand) to the brain which ...

These crustaceans have reacted by touching the exposed area or trying to avoid the ... that shore crabs must have some form of pain signalling to the brain from these body parts.

A peptide hormone produced in the brain that triggers physiological reproductive ... safe and non-invasive way to treat chronic gut pain. It's being deemed an entirely new class of painkiller.

Increasing the levels of chemicals naturally produced in the body called endocannabinoids may thwart the highly addictive ...