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 News Review From Harvard Medical School -- | ||
Researchers say they have found a way to "see" one type of pain on a brain scan. In the future, such an approach may help to tell whether babies or others who can't communicate well are feeling pain. The study included 114 healthy volunteers. They were hooked up to a functional MRI (fMRI) machine to show activity in different parts of the brain. First, people were tested using a heating element applied to the forearm. Sometimes the heat was painful but not burning (116 degrees Fahrenheit). Other times it was just warm. Researchers saw a "pain signature" in the fMRI pattern for painful heat, compared with warmth. More than 90% of the time, these patterns matched what people said about whether they felt pain. Researchers also looked at "social pain." Of those in the study, 40 recently had a romantic breakup. They were shown photographs of the partners who had dumped them. The fMRI results were si milar to the pattern for physical pain. However, researchers were able to tell them apart. Scans also showed a reduction in physical pain after people were treated with a pain reliever. The New England Journal of Medicine published the study. The Associated Press wrote about it April 11.
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