Tying Together Fear and Pain: The Parabrachial Nucleus of the Brainstem and Fibromyalgia
The brainstem has become of ever more interest in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Full story.
Analgesic Effect of Music Listening During Pain Elicitation in Fibromyalgia
Brief Summary: Patients with fibromyalgia (FM) are more sensitive to things that cause pain. Music lowers self-reported pain in patients with chronic pain. The investigators are able to measure pain sensitivity and pain tolerance using [...]
Can You Reshape Your Brain’s Response To Pain?
Repeated exposure to psychological trauma, or deep anxiety or depression — especially in childhood — can leave a physical imprint on the brain that can make some people more vulnerable to chronic pain, scientists say. Full [...]
Cardiovascular Autonomic Function and Endogenous Pain Modulation
The study will investigate the influence of cardiovascular autonomic function on pain sensitivity at rest in patients with fibromyalgia and age- and sex-matched control, the influence of cardiovascular autonomic function at baseline and during exercise [...]