A gelatin memristor with 16 stable conductance states mimics biological pain perception, rating intensity, sensitizing after ...

According to a recent study published in Cell Reports, substance P produced by the nociceptors in the gut lining confers protection against inflammation and tissue damage by increasing the number of ...

Scientists have uncovered differences between the sexes in the way pain is produced, pointing to potential new ways to target treatment for women and men. Researchers at the University of Arizona have ...

Nociceptive pain is one of the two main types of physical pain. The other is called neuropathic pain. Nociceptive pain is the most common type of physical pain. It’s caused by potentially harmful ...

Most local anaesthetics used clinically are relatively hydrophobic molecules that gain access to their blocking site on the sodium channel by diffusing into or through the cell membrane 1. These ...

Yes, when someone pulls your hair – if you have enough hair that someone can pull it – it hurts. But the truth of why that is, and some of the how much and some of the how, has only recently become ...