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 ...

An illustration of the pain signaling pathway elicited by CGRP. CGRP activates the CGPR receptor on Schwann cells. The CGPR receptor traffics to endosomes, where sustained signaling results in the ...

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

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 ...

Obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery can manage without opioids, according to a thesis from the University of ...

Obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery can manage without opioids, according to a thesis from the University of ...

Obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery can manage without opioids, according to a thesis from the University of ...

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 ...

Obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery can manage without opioids, according to a thesis from the University of ...