Study: Brain Signals Assist in the Spread, Continuation of Pain

According to a novel study by the University of Maryland, treating pain at an injury site might not be good enough. The study, reported in the Journal of Neuroscience, is said to revamp conventional approaches to pain management. Researchers believe that while pain signals from an injury site is blocked by pain killers, “pain signals from the central nervous system persist for months, and may be an underlying cause of the transition of acute pain to chronic pain in humans.” New classes of pain medication could come from the discovery. For more information, click here to read the full article.