Sentences with phrase «pain pathways»

Our approach aims at blocking pain pathways at sites in both the spinal cord and more locally.

The most likely explanation is that the mechanism that allows fast sensory pathways to inhibit slow pain pathways has been disabled.

«It's working directly on pain pathways in the brain, spinal cord, and periphery,» says Ethan Russo, a neurologist and medical director of Phytecs, a Los Angeles, California — based company developing therapies based on compounds isolated from marijuana.

These drugs are primary pain relievers, which act directly on pain pathways in the spinal cord or inhibit perception of pain in the brain.

Others see OIH as an oddity in the literature — real, and a powerful clue to the workings of pain pathways, but unlikely to tighten the grip of opioids on most patients.

Stephen Martin (left) and James Sahn have discovered a new pain reliever that acts on a previously unknown pain pathway.

Research now shows that humans are such intensely social creatures that social ostracism lights up physical pain pathways in the brain; it can be more damaging than even physical abuse.

Third, practicing yoga postures over time alters pain pathways through the parasympathetic nervous system, decreasing one's need to actively respond to unpleasant physical sensations.

«Because pain pathways throughout the body are amplified in fibromyalgia patients, pain can occur anywhere, so chronic headaches, visceral pain and sensory hyper - responsiveness are common in people with this painful condition,» said Clauw.

Lewin evaluated the workings of the animal's pain pathway components by mixing them with those of standard rats and putting the combinations in immature frog eggs.

In the 1980s, in pursuit of this goal, Goadsby focused on the trigeminal nerve system, long known to be the brain's primary pain pathway.

To see if they could block this novel pain pathway, the researchers used a pharmaceutical compound called GSK205 that selectively inhibits TRPV4.

Now researchers have published the first three - dimensional picture of aspirin in action, and it reveals exactly how the drug docks with, and blocks, an enzyme that activates pain pathways.

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.

Investigating a new pain pathway associated with osteoarthritis in cats.

Humans and animals share very similar pain pathways.

There are various pain pathways and enzymes that create pain and inflammation, and we start ahead of the curve to help damper those things.

One thought about why this happens is that stomachaches result from dysfunction in pain pathways regulated by serotonin and norepinephrine, two of the neurotransmitters that are out of balance in depression.

Electroacupuncture (also called percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation or PENS) is a technique involving needle stimulation that enhances the analgesic effects of acupuncture by blocking pain pathways.

Mohanty said the results could lead to increased understanding of pain pathways and strategies for managing chronic pain, which often leads to severe impairment of normal psychological and physical functions.

Stress softens pain When the authors dug further, they discovered that these male scent stimuli weren't acting on pain pathways, as an analgesic does.

A team of scientists led by chemists Stephen Martin and James Sahn at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered what they say is a powerful pain reliever that acts on a previously unknown pain pathway.

May they find through their pain a pathway to joy.

To demonstrate that the implants could influence the pain pathway in nerve cells, the researchers activated a pain response with light.

The pain pathway is kicked off when a substance called nerve growth factor is released by injured or inflamed cells.

What's more, it would have no side effects or risk of addiction because it would affect the pain pathways and nothing else, Smith says.

«Opium has been around since the beginning of recorded history, and we'll likely always have opioids because they work so intimately on pain pathways,» says Gary Brenner, assistant professor in anesthesia and director of the MGH Pain Medicine Fellowship «We just need to do a better job eliminating side effects and building a bigger armamentarium of treatments — so that we can rely less on opioids.»

Using fruit fly larvae — UNE researchers literally poke them — scientists have worked to map those pain pathways and block them by tweaking the flies» genes.

Our studies on convertase - mediated opioid peptide synthesis are relevant to the control of pain pathways, while our work on two secretory chaperones (first identified through their potent blockade of convertase aggregation) is of potential interest to patients with Alzheimer's and many other neurodegenerative diseases involving protein aggregation.

Evans J. G., et al. «Redox and trace metal regulation of ion channels in the pain pathway.»

Relieves pain: Cannabinoids inhibit certain transmissions in pain pathways, which means CBD can provide natural pain relief.

The cannabinoids basically hinders the neural transmissions of the pain pathways.

These receptors are found throughout the central nervous systems of humans and non-human animals, and play an important role in pain pathways.

Analgesia is the relief of pain, and in modern anesthetic protocols we strive for pre-emptive analgesia (blocking the pain pathways before the painful procedure starts), and balanced anesthesia (trying to block the pain pathways from as many directions as possible).

Amitriptyline blocks norepinephrine and serotonin reuptake, inhibiting the pain pathway.

A local anesthetic blocks the pain pathways leading to the brain from a specific area of a cat's body, such as the mouth, a paw, or an ear.

Effective pain management requires an approach that impacts the pain pathway at multiple points and may require multiple medications and non-drug therapies.

COX - 2 is the type that has a negative impact on the body and is implicated in the pain pathway.