clinical neurophysiology

Depression is one of the most common mental health issues in the United States. Current research suggests that…

Biomarkers (short for biological markers) are biological measurements of a biological condition. By definition, a…

Cannabidiol is a compound in the Cannabis sativa plant, also known as marijuana. More than 80 chemicals, called…

Pain is a very important function of the human body, including the involvement of nociceptors and the central…

Pain is the human body's natural response to injury or illness, and it is often a warning that something is wrong.…

Anxiety is the most common mental health disorder in the United States, impacting more than 40 million adults.…

One standard hypothesis of depression is that individuals who are depressed have a lack in monoamine receptors…

How does your brain know when you are experiencing pain? How does it know the difference between the soft touch of…

Everyone will experience some type of pain throughout their lifetime, however, for those people who have anxiety or…

The perception of pain involves a lot more complex processes than mere feeling. As a matter of fact, the affective…

Neurogenic inflammation, or NI, is the physiological process where mediators are discharged directly from the…

Neuropathic pain is a complex, chronic pain condition that is generally accompanied by soft tissue injury.…

When the sensory system is affected by injury or disease, the nerves within that system can't work properly to…

We were all taught as children that there are 5 senses: sight, taste, sound, smell, and touch. The initial four…

Why does localized damage or injury caused by trauma lead to chronic, intractable pain in certain patients? What's…

Most, if not all, ailments of the body trigger pain. Pain is interpreted and sensed in the brain. Pain is modulated…

Central sensitization is a state of the nervous system that's related to the development and maintenance of chronic…