Stanford study separates emotional and physical sensations of pain

An incredible new study from scientists at Stanford University has homed in on a bundle of brain cells that seem to be responsible for the negative emotional experience associated with pain, as opposed to the physical sensation itself. This breakthrough insight into how pain is processed in the brain could lead to novel non-opioid treatments for chronic pain that eliminate the unpleasant feeling accompanying pain without removing the physical sensation.

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Category: Medical

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• Brain
• Neuroscience
• Pain
• Stanford University

from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2W0M23h