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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 Study Links Brain Inflammation Triggered by Chronic Pain to Anxiety and Depression 🌿Study Links Brain Inflammation Triggered by Chronic Pain to Anxiety and Depression
Understanding of neurological mechanisms opens door to new treatments
Irvine, Calif., June 9, 2015 — Brain inflammation caused by chronic nerve pain alters activity in regions that regulate mood and motivation, suggesting for the first time that a direct biophysical link exists between long-term pain and the depression, anxiety and substance abuse seen in more than half of these patients, UC Irvine and UCLA researchers report.
This breakthrough finding also points to new approaches for treating chronic pain, which is second only to bipolar disorder among illness-related causes of suicide. About a quarter of Americans suffer from chronic pain, making it the most common form of enduring illness for those under the age of 60. The Institute of Medicine estimates that this costs our society more than $635 billion per year.
In work with rodents, Catherine Cahill, associate professor of anesthesiology & perioperative care at UCI; Christopher Evans of UCLA’s...
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