To tame chronic pain, erase brain’s memory

There is evidence that any pain that lasts more than a few minutes will leave a trace in the nervous system, says neuroscientist Terence Coderre. It’s this memory of pain, which exists at the neuronal level, that is critical to the development of chronic pain.

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