New study finds that the stubborn brain refuses to forget lost limbs.
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Pain has long been subjectively measured, leading to frustrations for patients and doctors alike. Identifying neural biomarkers of pain could improve diagnosis and lead to better treatments of chronic pain conditions.
New study sheds light on the mystery of how people can experience and control phantom limbs decades after losing a body part.
Even decades after amputation, the brain is still structured as if the hand were there, casting new light on ‘phantom limb’ phenomenon.
One in five of us has been experiencing chronic pain over the past three months, or longer. Chronic pain won’t kill us; it just makes our lives miserable. More miserable, research suggests, than for example…
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