Clinicians should use a structured interview in people with Alzheimer’s disease to identify pain that might be otherwise overlooked.

Collybolide – a natural product isolated from a mushroom – is a promising candidate for the development of non-addictive pain medicines.

New findings add to the understanding of how the enzyme COX-2 works, which is critical to the development of COX-2-targeted anti-inflammatory drugs.

Vanderbilt investigators have discovered how mammals, including humans, produce the painkiller morphine.

Vanderbilt’s Department of Anesthesiology and the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) have teamed to provide anesthesiologists with new applications to improve workflow and safety practices.

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered that variation in the gene encoding the potassium channel GIRK1 plays a role in modulating human pain perception.

Environmental toxins may contribute to endometriosis-related infertility by disrupting endometrial response to progesterone.