The endogenous cannabinoid system is responsible for several important functions including anxiety and stress responses, pain modulation, learning and memory, and wound healing.

February 24, 2016 - Older adults with higher levels of physical activity have pain modulation patterns that might help lower their risk of developing chronic pain, reports a study in PAIN®, the ...

Endogenous pain modulation refers to a nervous system function that can either enhance or inhibit the pain experience. ... May 4, 2023 — Neuropathic pain -- abnormal hypersensitivity to stimuli ...

Older adults with higher levels of physical activity have pain modulation patterns that might help lower their risk of developing chronic pain, reports a study. Older adults with higher levels of ...

Abnormal pain signal processing could be the reason why fibromyalgia patients experience pain and are unresponsive to popular class of pain relievers known as opioids, according to a new study ...

Physical activity behavior predicts endogenous pain modulation in older adults. PAIN, 2017; 158 (3): 383 DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000769. More references Share. Tweet. Email ...

Abnormal endogenous pain modulation is a shared characteristic of many chronic pain conditions. Exp Rev Neurother 2012; 12 : 577–585. Article Google Scholar ...

Before scientists discovered endogenous opioids in the 1970s, opioids were only understood in terms of the effects that opioid drugs have, such as inducing sleep, relieving pain, and causing ...

Previous studies investigating endogenous pain modulation in chronic pain populations have shown a potential deficiency of pain inhibitory system. [3,6,7,10,12,26,50,55] ...

Patients with irritable bowel syndrome experienced significantly diminished conditioned pain modulation, a physiological phenomenon where a painful stimulus can inhibit another existing pain, ...

More information: Kelly M. Naugle et al. Physical activity behavior predicts endogenous pain modulation in older adults, PAIN (2017). DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000769.

Staying physically active improves pain modulation and reduces the risk of older adults developing chronic pain, according to new research by Kelly Naugle and colleagues at Indiana University ...