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Found 6 result(s) FROM 1963 pages containing the term 'amygdala'.
Thursday Sep 03, 2009
Depression, CRP Linked to Pain in RA
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are twice as likely to be depressed as people without this autoimmune disease, and now new research links RA pain to both depression severity and levels of C-reactive protein...
Thursday Jul 09, 2009
EULAR Reports Link High Glutamate to Fibromyalgia Pain
Two studies on glutamate in brains of fibromyalgia patients show abnormal levels of the neurotransmitter in areas related to pain perception and emotional processing...
Monday Oct 29, 2007
Research Shows Why Fibromyalgia Patients Don't Find Relief From Opioids
Fibromyalgia patients have abnormal functioning in a brain receptor involved in response to opioids, which may explain why they may not receive pain relief from narcotics or may require unusually high doses...
Thursday Mar 29, 2007
"Emotional" Brain Areas Triggered by OA Pain Might Be Good Therapeutic Target
Patients feel knee OA pain through two brain systems: the ‘lateral pain system,' involved with sensory pain, and the ‘medial pain system,' involved with the emotional aspects of pain. The latter may be a good target for new analgesics for arthritic pain...
Wednesday Jan 03, 2007
The Change in (Chronic) Pain Is Plainly in the Brain
Patients with chronic lower back pain show imaging changes in the cingulate gyrus, postcentral gyrus, and prefrontal cortex...
Friday Dec 22, 2006
New Studies Suggest That Autoantibodies Damage Brain, Cause Cognitive Impairment in SLE Patients
The cognition and mood disturbances common in lupus patients might be due in part to autoantibodies that target the NMDA receptor and cause progressive damage of the amygdala and hippocampus...
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