A professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has received a four-year $1.36 million grant to study the relationship between pain and the parts of the brain associated with emotional response, according to a News-Medical report.
Volker Neugebauer, MD, PhD, will use the grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to understand a process that causes hyperactivity in the amygdale and leads to persistent pain and anxiety.
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Volker Neugebauer, MD, PhD, will use the grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to understand a process that causes hyperactivity in the amygdale and leads to persistent pain and anxiety.
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