A study published in the scientific journal Nature Neuroscience by Yves De Koninck and Robert Bonin reveals that it is possible to relieve pain hypersensitivity using a new method that involves rekindling pain so that it can subsequently be erased. This discovery could lead to novel means to alleviate chronic pain.
Université Laval published a press release about this important discovery
Read the original research article in Nature Neuroscience:
Bonin RP, De Koninck Y. A spinal analog of memory reconsolidation enables reversal of hyperalgesia. Nat Neuroscience 2014 Jul 6. doi: 10.1038/nn.3758.
More media coverage:
Featured on PBS Nova-next – Teaching the Nervous System to Forget Chronic Pain
By Eleanor Nelsen
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/body/chronic-pain/
Radio-Canada http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/quebec/2014/07/09/010-douleur-chronique-recherche.shtml
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140709095925.htm
http://can-acn.org/discovery-of-a-new-means-to-erase-pain
http://www.techno-science.net/?onglet=news&news=12959
http://www.journaldequebec.com/2014/07/09/decouverte-prometteuse
Discovery of a new means to erase pain – Medical Express
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-07-discovery-erase-pain.html
Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140709095925.htm?
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Counsel Health
http://www.counselheal.com/articles/10413/20140710/researchers-devise-new-means-erase-pain.htm
http://www.thehealthsite.com/news/new-method-to-erase-pain/
Recommended on F1000 prime
http://f1000.com/prime/718518496
http://www.hcplive.com/publications/internal-medicine-world-report/2014/September-2014/Hyperalgesia-May-Be-Reversible-After-Spinal-Pain-Pathway-Reactivation