UPenn School of Arts & Sciences: Built-in 'Off Switch' to Stop Persistent Pain
October 09, 2025
October 09, 2025
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 9 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news:
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Built-in 'off switch' to stop persistent pain
J. Nicholas Betley has led collaborative research seeking the neural basis of long-term sustained pain and finds that a critical hub in the brainstem holds a mechanism for stopping pain signals from reaching the rest of the brain. Their findings could help clinicians better . . .
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Built-in 'off switch' to stop persistent pain
J. Nicholas Betley has led collaborative research seeking the neural basis of long-term sustained pain and finds that a critical hub in the brainstem holds a mechanism for stopping pain signals from reaching the rest of the brain. Their findings could help clinicians better . . .