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Gas On Your Mind: Snail's Brain Provides Insights Into Human Learning
December 11, 2006 — Scientists at the University of Leicester are to gain a greater insight into the workings of the human mind -- through the study of a snail's ... > full story -
Origin Of Inherited Pain Disorder Pinpointed
December 7, 2006 — The genetic basis for a rare inherited disorder that causes severe burning pain with no warning has been pinpointed by researchers. They found that paroxysmal extreme pain disorder (PEPD) is caused ... > full story -
Pain From Fibromyalgia Is Real, Researchers Say
November 28, 2006 — Many people with fibromyalgia -- a debilitating pain syndrome that affects 2 to 4 percent of the population -- have faced the question of whether the condition is real. Increasingly, though, the ... > full story -
Researchers Discover Treatment For Spinal Cord Injury Pain
November 28, 2006 — Spinal cord injury patients with moderate to severe nerve pain experienced less pain and in some cases no pain while taking the drug pregabalin, according to a study published in the Nov. 28, 2006, ... > full story -
Snail Toxins Reveal Novel Way To Fight Severe Nerve Pain
November 13, 2006 — A brand new approach to treating severe nerve pain -- by aiming drugs at a previously unrecognized molecular target -- has been discovered by University of Utah scientists who study the venoms of ... > full story -
Bridging Neurons And Electronics With Carbon Nanotubes
November 12, 2006 — Writing in Advanced Materials, Nicholas Kotov of the University of Michigan, and colleagues describe how they have used hollow, submicroscopic strands of carbon, carbon nanotubes, to connect an ... > full story -
Tarantula Venom And Chili Peppers Target Same Pain Sensor
November 8, 2006 — Venom from a West Indian tarantula has been shown to cause pain by exciting the same nerve cells in mice that sense high temperatures and the hot, spicy ingredient in chili peppers, UCSF scientists ... > full story -
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Myelin Mechanism Finding Could Impact Treatment Of Multiple Sclerosis And Other Spinal Cord Conditions
November 3, 2006 — A breakthrough finding on the mechanism of myelin formation at the University of Southern California could have a major impact on the treatment of diseases such as multiple sclerosis and ... > full story -
Dopamine Used To Prompt Nerve Tissue To Regrow
November 2, 2006 — Georgia Tech/Emory researchers have integrated dopamine, a type of neurotransmitter, into a polymer to stimulate nerve tissues to send out new connections. The discovery, published in PNAS, is the ... > full story -
Backache Beaten By Good Vibrations? Therapeutic Ultrasound Study To Find Out
November 2, 2006 — University of Manchester researchers are recruiting people with backache caused by nerve root pain -- commonly known as sciatica -- in the first ever study to discover if therapeutic ultrasound can ... > full story
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