Researchers at the NYU Pain Research Center have found a new receptor for nerve growth factor that plays an important role in ...

Researchers identified a new receptor, neuropilin-1 (NRP1), which collaborates with a known receptor to regulate pain ...

This knowledge can be used to develop drugs for chronic pain that are more effective and have fewer side effects. When the electrical signal reaches the end of one nerve cell, it is converted into ...

Pain often acts as your body's alarm system, warning you of potential health issues. While some aches are harmless, others ...

Common ivy is better known as a garden invader or a rather attractive indoor plant that's prone to triggering allergic ...

University of Gothenburg researchers have provided scientific proof that shore crabs feel pain, urging a reevaluation of how shellfish are treated under EU animal welfare laws. This evidence supports ...

A team of scientists led by Professor Annette Beck-Sickinger from the Institute of Biochemistry at Leipzig University has ...

Researchers have made a discovery regarding the TRPV1 (transient receptor potential vanilloid 1) ion channel and its role in ...

The responses show that shore crabs must have some form of pain signalling to the brain from these body parts. The pain response was shorter and more powerful in the case of physical stress than ...

Pain in your left arm can have many different causes, from injuries and muscle strain to a pinched nerve or sprain. In some ...

Study reveals diminished brain activity related to empathy for pain in individuals with behavioral variant frontotemporal ...

Another class of drugs that exploit a natural mechanism to decrease the ability of CaV2.2 to respond to pain signalling are the opioid drugs, like morphine and heroin. While very effective at ...