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Pain Control Mechanism Could Be Exploited as a New Drug Target – Technology Networks
Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism for pain control involving a newly identified group of cells in the spinal cord. This discovery offers…

Researchers in Japan have revealed a previously unknown mechanism for pain control involving a newly identified group of cells in the spinal cord, offering a potential target for enhancing the therapeutic effect of drugs for chronic pain.
While neurons may be the most well-known cells of the central nervous system, an assortment of non-neuronal cells first discovered in the mid-nineteenth century also play a wide variety of important roles.
Originally named after the Greek word for “glue,” these…
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