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The Connection Between Anxiety and Inflammation

Anxiety is the most common mental health disorder in the United States, impacting more than 40 million adults. Though some… Read More

July 10, 2018

The Connection Between Inflammation and Depression

One standard hypothesis of depression is that individuals who are depressed have a lack in monoamine receptors within the body,… Read More

July 9, 2018

How the Nervous System Processes Chronic Pain

How does your brain know when you are experiencing pain? How does it know the difference between the soft touch… Read More

July 6, 2018

Depression and Anxiety in Chronic Pain

Everyone will experience some type of pain throughout their lifetime, however, for those people who have anxiety or depression, pain… Read More

July 5, 2018

The Psychology of Chronic Pain

The perception of pain involves a lot more complex processes than mere feeling. As a matter of fact, the affective… Read More

July 3, 2018

The Role of Neurogenic Inflammation

Neurogenic inflammation, or NI, is the physiological process where mediators are discharged directly from the cutaneous nerves to commence an… Read More

July 2, 2018

Overview of the Pathophysiology of Neuropathic Pain

Neuropathic pain is a complex, chronic pain condition that is generally accompanied by soft tissue injury. Neuropathic pain is common… Read More

June 28, 2018

What is Neuropathic Pain?

When the sensory system is affected by injury or disease, the nerves within that system can't work properly to transmit… Read More

June 27, 2018

Structural and Functional Mechanisms of Mechanoreceptors

We were all taught as children that there are 5 senses: sight, taste, sound, smell, and touch. The initial four… Read More

June 25, 2018