by University of California – Santa Barbara A hand over a lit match. Credit: Matt Perko Pain is good. It’s the body’s way to keep an animal from harming itself or repeating a dangerous mistake. But sometimes the debilitating sensation can get in the way. So evolution has devised ways to tamp that response down under...
by Asociacion RUVID University of Alicante (UA) and Miguel Hernández University (UMH) researchers have found out the mechanism of action of bisphenol A (BPA) in nociceptor neurons that transmit the sense of pain. BPA is a chemical substance used to make plastic containers, thermal paper and coating resins for the inside of food or soft...
