Neuropathic pain has no immediate cause – research on a brain receptor may help stop this hard-to-treat condition

By Pooja Shree Chettiar, Ph.D. Candidate in Medical Sciences, Texas A&M University
Siddhesh Sabnis, Ph.D. Student in Medical Sciences, Texas A&M University

Pain is easy to understand until it isn’t. A stubbed toe or sprained ankle hurts, but it makes sense because the cause is clear and the pain fades as you heal.

But what if the pain didn’t go away? What if even a breeze felt like fire, or your leg burned for no reason at all? When pain lingers without a clear cause, that’s neuropathic pain.

We are neuroscientists…

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