SOCIETY OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING ADULT MALE WITH DECADES OF RIGHT NECK PAIN, DISCOMFORT AND TIGHTENING FOLLOWING BIRTH INJURY. THE PATIENT HAD FAILED MULTIPLE STANDARD THERAPEUTIC MANEUVERS BEFORE PRESENTING FOR 18F-FDG PET/MR IMAGING. IMAGES SHOWS… view more CREDIT: CIPRIANO, ET AL., STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CA. A new molecular imaging approach utilizing 18F-FDG positron emission...
by University of California, San Francisco Researchers at UC San Francisco and the University of Queensland have discovered a scorpion toxin that targets the “wasabi receptor,” a chemical-sensing protein found in nerve cells that’s responsible for the sinus-jolting sting of wasabi and the flood of tears associated with chopping onions. Because the toxin triggers a...
Pain signals can travel as fast as touch signals, according to a new study led by researchers from Linköping University. The discovery of a rapid pain-signalling system challenges our current understanding of pain. The study has been published in the scientific journal Science Advances. It has until now been believed that nerve signals for pain are always conducted more slowly than those for touch. The latter...
Posted Today While effective drugs against chronic pain are not just around the corner, researchers from Aarhus University have succeeded in identifying a protein as a future potential target for medicinal drugs. Basic research shows that blocking a protein named sortilin prevents pain – initially in laboratory mice. Chronic pain can occur all over the body, and the patients have in...
New research has uncovered a target for chronic and pathologic pain, which could lead to better drugs for those affected by pain in the future. A new study has identified a new drug target that could change chronic pain medication going forward. Chronic pain is “the most common cause of long-term disability,” according to the National...
