Being hungry shuts off perception of chronic pain
Finding food is a necessary survival skill, but so is avoiding pain. Research using mice showed that being hungry activates a neural pathway that inhibits the perception of and response to chronic pain. The findings offer up new targets for treating pain.
Amber L. Alhadeff, Zhenwei Su, Elen Hernandez, Michelle L. Klima, Sophie Z. Phillips, Ruby A. Holland, Caiying Guo, Adam W. Hantman, Bart C. De Jonghe, J. Nicholas Betley. A Neural Circuit for the Suppression of Pain by a Competing Need State. Cell, 2018; 173 (1): 140 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.02.057














