For heavy drinkers, chronic pain associated with alcohol withdrawal could be permanent

One of the main physical symptoms of alcohol withdrawal is “allodynia” — increased sensitivity to mechanical stimuli that are normally innocuous, which is a clinical sign of chronic pain. In

Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s: Scientists produce human norepinephrine neurons from stem cells

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have identified a protein key to the development of a type of brain cell believed to play a role in disorders like Alzheimer’s and

Mechanisms of how morphine relieves pain mapped out

In a study published in Science, researchers at Karolinska Institutet describe the neural processes behind how morphine relieves pain. This is valuable knowledge because the drug has such serious side