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Chronic pain can be objectively measured from brain signals recorded in daily life, scientists demonstrated for the first time in a study published in Nature Neuroscience in May 2023. A team led by Prasad Shirvalkar, a neurologist and pain medicine specialist at UCSF, used deep brain stimulation implants to monitor four patients with uncontrollable chronic pain, three recovering from strokes and one with phantom limb syndrome, over three to six months.
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