Scientists Find Brain Signals of Chronic Pain

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You Might Like � � � You Might Like � � � � � Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Scientists Find Brain Signals of Chronic Pain    A new study linked chronic pain to activity in the orbitofrontal cortex, an area involved in emotion regulation, self-evaluation and decision making. Researchers have for the first time recorded the brain’s firing patterns while a person is feeling chronic pain, paving the way for implanted devices to one day predict pain signals or even short-circuit them. Using a pacemaker-like device surgically placed inside the brain, scientists recorded from four patients who had felt unremitting nerve pain for more than a year. The devices recorded several times a day for up to six months, offering clues for where chronic pain resides in the brain. Continued here

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