April 1, 2025 Korean Journal of Pain Author: Sahar M. Jaffal Link: https://doi.org/10.3344/kjp.24393 TLDR: Researchers have found specific changes in the brain and spinal cord that seem to be caused by chronic pain, and in turn make chronic pain worse. These areas are related to how pain feels (sensitivity, intensity, characteristics of pain), how we emotionally process while in pain and how we think when in pain. Treatments that influence the nervous system to change may be

This study looked at how the genetics of females with Multisite Chronic Pain (MCP) were related to changes in the thickness and surface area of the outer layer of the brain (grey matter).