Next time you feel an itch, remember that your brain's vast network of neurons informs it whether it is an itch or pain. A ...

"Pain is like a puzzle, made up of different pieces that are processed differently in the brain. Some pieces of the puzzle relate to our emotional response to pain, such as how unpleasant we find it.

This allowed them to see how the uncertainty responses are linked to specific parts of our brain. "Our results show that uncertainty, not just expectation, plays an important role in pain.

Scientists created a model of the human pain pathway in a dish by connecting four separate brain organoids. The feat should help them understand sensory disorders like those affecting pain perception.

Scientists have re-created a pain pathway in the brain by growing four key clusters of human nerve cells in a dish. This ...

The brain response shows overall brain activity involved in processing the location and intensity of pain. This response was lower when people were exposed to virtual nature scenes compared to ...

Simply looking at nature – or even just digital pictures of it – can relieve pain, according to new research which scanned the brains of people receiving electrical shocks.

This gradual exposure allows the brain to process movement-related information without triggering protective pain responses. Research published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews ...

In a breakthrough finding, researchers have discovered that immune cells near the spinal cord are triggered by estrogen and ...

withdrawal response. The next time you feel the urge to scratch, remember that there is an extensive network of neurons that tells your brain whether you are feeling an itch or pain. This study ...