chronic pain /newsroom/taxonomy/term/727/all en Location may be key to effectively controlling pain /newsroom/channels/news/location-may-be-key-effectively-controlling-pain-258233 <p><em><strong>By Cynthia Lee</strong></em></p> <p><a href="/newsroom/">Newsroom</a></p> <p>In real estate, location is key. It now seems the same concept holds true when it comes to stopping pain. New research published in <em>Nature Communications</em> indicates that the location of receptors that transmit pain signals<em> is</em> important in how big or small a pain signal will be -- and therefore how effectively drugs can block those signals.</p> Mon, 01 Feb 2016 16:44:57 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25203 at /newsroom Chronic pain changes our immune systems /newsroom/channels/news/chronic-pain-changes-our-immune-systems-258156 <p><em><strong>By Cynthia Lee</strong></em><br /> <strong><a href="/newsroom">Newsroom</a></strong></p> <p>Chronic pain may reprogram the way genes work in the immune system, according to a new study by Æ»¹ûÒùÔº researchers published in the journal <em>Scientific Reports</em>.  </p> Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:04:50 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25165 at /newsroom American Placebo /newsroom/channels/news/american-placebo-255973 <p>A new study finds that rising placebo responses may play a part in the increasingly high failure rate for clinical trials of drugs designed to control chronic pain caused by nerve damage. Tue, 06 Oct 2015 16:16:40 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 24521 at /newsroom How insulin calms brain activity /newsroom/channels/news/how-insulin-calms-brain-activity-253761 <p>Insulin has long been known as the hormone which controls the body’s sugar levels: humans who lack or are insensitive to insulin develop diabetes. Although insulin is also made and released in the brain, its effects there have remained unclear.</p> <p> Tue, 30 Jun 2015 21:01:01 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 24281 at /newsroom New hope in the fight against pain /newsroom/channels/news/new-hope-fight-against-pain-242448 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:19:52 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 22092 at /newsroom Pain curbs sex drive in female mice, but not in males /newsroom/channels/news/pain-curbs-sex-drive-female-mice-not-males-235376 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:09:24 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 20635 at /newsroom