Neurological Pain Treatment Jacksonville FL

Another electrical method for controlling pain, especially the widespread and severe pain of advanced cancer, is through surgically implanted electrodes in the brain.  The patient determines when and how much stimulation is needed by operating an external transmitter that beams electronic signals to a receiver under the skin that is connected to the electrodes.

As research continues to reveal the role of endorphins in the brain, neuroscientists have been able to draw more detailed brain maps of the area and pathways important in pain perception and control.  Clinical investigators have tested chronic pain patients and found that they often have lower-than-normal levels of endorphins in their spinal fluid.  If you could just boost their stores with man-made endorphins, perhaps the problems  of chronic pain patients could be solved.