A research team at Stanford University has become the first to assemble a functioning brain circuit in a lab dish by ...

Chronic pain can result from nervous-system overload that creates physical symptoms in response to repressed emotions, ...

Next time you feel an itch, remember that your brain's vast network of neurons informs it whether it is an itch or pain. A ...

Is it possible to find meaning—or even joy—in something that hurts? What if pain isn’t the villain, but the guide?

Scientists have re-created a pain pathway in the brain by growing four key clusters of human nerve cells in a dish. This ...

Scientists have uncovered a dedicated brain circuit that distinguishes between direct fear and fear learned by observing others—known as vicarious fear.

A new study suggests that virtual reality (VR) may offer meaningful pain relief for people with cancer. By letting patients ...