National Center For Complementary And Integrative Health (nccih)

This research aims to understand why people from different racial backgrounds experience and assess pain differently. The study involves healthy volunteers who will either experience mild pain or observe others in pain, while researchers measure their reactions. The goal is to id…

This study aims to better understand pain by observing how people with and without pain conditions experience different sensations. Researchers will recruit up to 10,000 participants aged 12 and older to complete questionnaires, medical tests, MRI scans, and sensory experiments i…

This study aims to understand how psychological factors like expectations and emotions change how we feel pain. Researchers will recruit 500 healthy volunteers to undergo brain scans and simple tests involving mild, brief pain or other sensations. The goal is to map how the brain…

This study aims to understand how a rare genetic disorder called PIEZO2 Deficiency Syndrome (PDS) affects nerve function. Researchers will compare nerve responses in about 16 people with PDS to those in healthy volunteers. They will use a specialized needle test to measure how ne…

This study aims to better understand the different types and causes of fatigue, which is a common symptom in many conditions like cancer, lupus, and chronic fatigue syndrome. Researchers will enroll about 700 adults, both with and without fatigue, to complete questionnaires, phys…

This study aims to understand if stimulating a nerve in the outer ear with mild electricity can change how healthy people perceive pain and their mood. Researchers will enroll about 76 healthy adults. Participants will have their pain sensitivity tested with heat on their forearm…