Don't let the needles (or skeptics) scare you off — the 2,500 - year - old practice of acupuncture is said to relax the nervous system around
central pain pathways and promote the release of endorphins.
Not exact matches
Specific to pregnancy, these findings are consistent with earlier work linking childbirth - associated
pain and catastrophizing with subsequent depressive symptoms.22 — 24 The association between
pain and depression is complex and may be mediated, in part, by differences in
central nociception
pathways.
Such differences have been identified in functional magnetic resonance imaging studies of patients with fibromyalgia.25 If severe early breastfeeding - associated
pain reflects
pain catastrophizing, then aberrations in
central nociception
pathways may lead to both curtailed breastfeeding and perinatal depression.
Although
central dopamine regulates a number of
pathways in the body that impact cognition, motor control, mood,
pain perception, and sexual behavior [42], it has also been shown to mediate food motivation and reward through a variety of learning and motivational
pathway [43].
These receptors are found throughout the
central nervous systems of humans and non-human animals, and play an important role in
pain pathways.