Ringing in the ears and chronic pain enter by the same gate

(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) Tinnitus and chronic pain have more in common than their ability to afflict millions with the very real experience of 'phantom' sensations. Homing in on their structural and functional bases in the brain, researchers have identified a central gatekeeping system implicated in both disorders. Collaborators at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Georgetown University Medical Center have integrated the latest findings into a disease model of both tinnitus and chronic pain.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news