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Treating Chronic Pain Can Reverse Brain Changes

In a study published this week in the Journal of Neuroscience, a group of pain researchers from McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre found that relieving pain actually causes physical brain changes they can see on a scan.

Read CTV NEWs article at this link:

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Health/20110520/chronic-back-pain-brain-changes-110523/

The Journal of Neuroscience Abstract link:

http://www.jneurosci.org/content/31/20/7540.abstract