A research team has uncovered the neural mechanisms underlying the processing of pain and itch in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). This study provides new insights into how the brain distinguishes ...

If you have ever brushed your hand against a thorn or been bitten by a mosquito, you know that feeling pain vs. an itch are two different experiences. A new study published in Nature Communications ...

A couple of years after a kind doctor rhythmically thumped a series of “tender points” and declared me diagnosed with fibromyalgia for life, I found myself scratching an itch like my survival depended ...

For people living with relentless itching, the suggestion that their symptoms are “all in their head” can feel like a second injury. Yet the closer scientists look at the wiring that links itch and ...

Formalin was injected into the hind paw and histamine into the neck of a mouse to induce pain and itch, respectively. The activation patterns of anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) neurons were then ...

A research team led by Kaang Bong-Kiun, director of the Center for Cognition and Sociality within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), and Ko Hyoung-Gon, professor at Kyung Hee University College of ...

A research team led by KAANG Bong-Kiun, director of the Center for Cognition and Sociality within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), and KO Hyoung-Gon, professor at Kyung Hee University College of ...