ScienceDaily: Chronic Pain Harms The Brain

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Chronic Pain Harms The Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080205171755.htm

People with unrelenting pain are often depressed, anxious and have difficulty

making simple decisions. Researchers have identified a clue that may explain how

suffering long-term pain could trigger these other pain-related symptoms.

Researchers found that in people with chronic pain, a front region of the cortex

associated with emotion fails to deactivate when it should. It's stuck on full

throttle, wearing out neurons and altering their connections.

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