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Benedict Wand on Brain Changes in Chronic Pain

It now seems clear that the brain changes in patients with chronic pain problems. However, this is probably where the consensus ends as there is still much that remains unclear […]

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Check out the December Pain-Blog Carnival

Pain-blog Carnival How to Cope with Pain has a blog pain carnival for December to round off the year. Great work – a review of blogs (thanks for the mention) and some interesting […]

TED Talk – Ramachandran on Capgras syndrome, Phantom Limb Pain and Synesthesia

If you haven’t seen Vilayanur Ramachandran’s talk on what is happening in the Brain in Capgras syndrome, Phantom Limb Pain, and Synesthesia this is well worth a peek More thoughts on […]

The Brain in CRPS-More Barriers or New Opportunities

From a biological perspective, I find CRPS very perplexing. So do many other people—the community of scientists that are pursuing better treatments, through a better understanding of the basic mechanisms, or by developing better animal models of CRPS, or […]

What is Complex Regional Pain Syndrome – in plain English

What is Complex Regional Pain Syndrome? Well, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is exactly that Complex: Many, many different problems have been identified in people with CRPS. These problems can […]

Sharing painful experiences in the brain

Still more evidence that we are fearfully and wonderfully complex. This study from Stuart Derbyshire’s group at Birmingham, UK, and published in the premier pain journal, PAIN, involved two parts. […]

Brain sciences emerge in conversations about elite sport

We were chuffed and impressed to see the slideshow about amputees learning impossible movements on Mike Nelson’s extreme human performance blog. We agree that our study has implications for elite […]

Why do people with complex regional pain syndrome take longer to recognize their affected hand

G. Lorimer Moseley Department of Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland, and Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. Abstract Background: People with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) take longer to […]

BMJ classic – Phenotypic differences between male physicians, surgeons, and film stars

Getting ready for the almighty BMJ christmas issue – here are some extracts from a classic a few years back….. Phenotypic differences between male physicians, surgeons, and film stars: comparative […]

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