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 ...

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

Diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain (DPNP) is a major complication of diabetes that markedly affects the quality of life and health status of patients. Recent studies have investigated the potential ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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