The mission of the WashU Medicine Pain Center is to alleviate human suffering from pain through integration of research, education and clinical practice.
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Scientists identify brain’s brake that shuts off chronic pain (Links to an external site)
Finding from mouse study could lead to targeted treatments for chronic nerve pain.
How early-life stress leaves a ‘scar’ inside brain cells (Links to an external site)
Mouse study finds changes to DNA packaging form molecular memory of trauma, make brain vulnerable to future stress.
How pain psychology can help manage chronic pain (Links to an external site)
According to the U.S. Pain Foundation, chronic pain affects millions of people and can impact nearly every part of daily life – sleep, exercise, work, relationships and emotional well-being. Felicitas Huber, PhD, a WashU Medicine pain psychologist, says that treatment often requires more than medication alone.
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