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Sex Differences in Balance Measures and Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults
(2018-06-21)
The older adult population is growing at a rapid pace, with the US Census Bureau estimating older adults to comprise of 20% of the overall population by 2020. Now, more than ever, we must parse out differences within this ...
The Hierarchical Aversiveness of Two Simultaneous Pains within an Operant Approach Avoidance Paradigm
(2019-08-06)
Pain is a subjective, private, yet universal phenomenon that depends on a unique combination of sensory, affective, and evaluative characteristics. Although preclinical models have been used to understand much of pain ...
Associations between Weight Status and Post-tonsillectomy Pain Experiences in Children: a Retrospective Study
(2016-12-20)
There has been little research on pain outcomes in obese and overweight (OB/OW) children undergoing surgery. Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy (T&A) is one of the most common painful surgeries performed in children. ...
ASSESSING NON-MOTOR SYMPTOMS IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE USING A 6-HYDROXYDOPAMINE LESION IN THE SUBSTANTIA NIGRA
(2022-12-20)
Motor symptoms within Parkinson’s disease (PD) are some of the most well-researched areas, whereas there remains an extensive gap in the literature researching non-motor symptoms, which include sleep, mood, pain and cognitive ...
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PAIN AND PROSPECTIVE MEMORY
(2021-05-07)
The relationship between pain and memory has been explored through multiple perspectives and approaches. One area that has been less defined is the impact of pain on prospective memory. While studies have found a negative ...
SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-REGION LOCAL FIELD POTENTIAL RECORDINGS IN RESPONSE TO NOXIOUS STIMULI FROM FREELY MOVING RATS
(2019-12-06)
Pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage” can be ignited by noxious chemical (e.g. acid), mechanical (e.g. pressure) and ...
THE PAIN IN THE PLEASURE: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TAIL REGION OF THE VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA (tVTA)
(2020-12-07)
The mesolimbic (midbrain) reward system is well documented to be involved with the analgesic effects of opioids, which involves the ventral tegmental area (VTA) causing release of dopamine (DA). The dopamine neurons from ...
Assessing the Impact of Pain on Decision-making in a Rat Gambling Task (RGT)
(2017-07-31)
Recent clinical assessments using the Iowa Gambling Task have revealed pain can negatively affect decision-making processes, leading to risky or poor decisions. Despite the gain these models have made in further elucidating ...