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Can brain circuitry research lead to better pain management?

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Can brain circuitry research lead to better pain management?

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Pain causes changes in the brain's circuits that can't be seen with today's tools, says HealthMakers Walter J. Koroshetz, MD, director of the NINDS. Here, he shares why developing ways to detect and measure pain activity in the brain is so important.

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