Chronic pain can be objectively measured using brain signals

1 year, 10 months ago

Chronic pain can be objectively measured using brain signals

The big idea Using a brain implant that can record neural signals over many months, my research team and I have discovered objective biomarkers of chronic pain severity in four patients with chronic pain as they went about their daily lives. Our study was part of a larger clinical trial aimed at developing a new brain stimulation therapy to treat severe chronic pain. Better understanding how to measure brain activity to track pain could improve the diagnosis of chronic pain conditions and help develop new treatments such as deep brain stimulation. What’s next We hope to use these newly discovered neural biomarkers to develop personalized brain stimulation as a way to treat chronic pain disorders.

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