By mapping a woman’s pain in her brain, scientists could dial it down. A small series of case studies, published July 30 in Brain Stimulation , suggests that even tenacious, complex pain signals can be interrupted by hitting the right spot with electricity.
Unlike the acute agony of a broken arm, some sorts of pain last well beyond the healing stage. Chronic pain, generated by changes in the brain and spinal cord, is especially hard to treat. “We have been limited in what we can do for these patients, and they have a great deal of suffering,” says neurosurgeon Michael Lim of Stanford University School of Medicine. The results open up a new…
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