By medlineplus On January 19, 2018 In Chronic pain Leave a comment A new study suggests a hyperreactive brain network may be the underlying cause of chronic pain in fibromyalgia. The report shows that brain networks of fibromyalgia patients have an underlying hypersensitivity that leads them to overreact to stimulation in an explosive, widespread, and synchronized manner. This type of response is called explosive synchronization (ES), a phenomena that occurs both in biological and physical networks, such as during seizures or power grid failures. The study, “Functional Brain Network Mechanism of Hypersensitivity in Chronic Pain,” was published in…
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