I am a
Home I AM A Search Login

PRF News

Share this

The Trajectories of Childhood Pain

How do we predict pediatric pain trajectories? Who recovers from pain and for whom does pain persist? These questions were the focus of Laura Simons’ closing keynote address, “Predicting Recovery […]

Learn More >

How Food Triggers the Pain of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a mysterious condition that affects an estimated 11% of the global population and causes chronic abdominal pain, diarrhea, and constipation. With IBS, the nerve endings […]

Learn More >

The Sensory Neuron-to-Lymph Node Connection: Understanding an Important Player in Peripheral Neuroimmune Communication

Many studies have shown interactions between the peripheral nervous system and immune system. But a detailed understanding of interactions between neurons and lymph nodes, and why this communication may be […]

Learn More >

I Feel Your Pain – and Analgesia

Empathy – the adoption of the emotional and sensory state of others – is a fundamental social skill that helps people better perceive and respond to their external environment and […]

Learn More >

Understanding Pediatric Pain in Cultural and Medical Context

Understanding pain experienced in childhood is crucially important, as pediatric pain sets the stage for both pain and healthcare experiences into adulthood. Of the many influences on childhood pain, the […]

Learn More >

Therapeutic Suggestions During General Anesthesia Reduce Postoperative Pain and Opioid Use

Surgical patients undergoing general anesthesia are usually thought to lack awareness of their environment and be unable to respond to external stimuli – how could it be otherwise when a […]

Learn More >

Detecting Allergens and Triggering the Allergic Immune Response: A New Role for Sensory Neurons

Add allergen detection and the allergic immune response to the growing list of biological functions made possible by interactions between the nervous system and the immune system, according to a […]

Learn More >

Pain After Musculoskeletal Trauma: Who Is at Risk?

Editor’s note: The 2021 Global Year About Back Pain is underway, with many resources and activities planned throughout the year, including webinars. Here, we take a look back at a […]

Learn More >

Spinal Astrocytes: New Players in Noradrenergic Descending Pain Modulation

Pain isn’t just under the dominion of neurons: Glial cells, including microglia and astrocytes, have long been known to modulate pain sensitivity via interactions with neurons in both acute and […]

Learn More >

High-Impact Chronic Pain: A Data Visualization

This data visualization was originally published on RELIEF, PRF’s companion site for people with lived experience of pain and the wider public, and is being republished here for the PRF […]

Learn More >

Search