Researchers at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) have discovered a new brain mechanism that plays an important role in regulating how we experience pain.
Scientists from QBI’s synaptic plasticity laboratory discovered the new mechanism while studying the amygdala – the part of the brain that deals with our emotional responses.
QBI has one of the relatively few laboratories around the world currently looking at how the amygdala deals with pain inputs.
The toll of chronic pain is physical, emotional and, often, economic. This week is National Pain Awareness Week, on November 6, 2007, The New York Times published the following article on the toll that living with chronic pain takes.
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New York Times
By JANE E. BRODY
Published: November 6, 2007
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The Canadian Pain Coalition is a Partnership of patient pain groups, health professionals who care for people in pain, and scientists studying better ways of treating pain. This partnership began in May 2002 as an initiative of the Canadian Pain Society, which remains an active partner.
Our Purpose is to promote sustained improvement in the treatment of all types of pain through:
Source: Canadian Pain Coalition
