Neuroscience Research Australia

Chronic Pain

Drugs no better than placebos for lower back pain relief, study finds

A study of 15,000 adults suffering from acute lower back pain found that not only is the effectiveness of the medicines uncertain, but that the scientific evidence base used to inform good healthcare decisions is shockingly "fragile and incomplete."
Body & Mind

Major schizophrenia breakthrough finds immune cells on the wrong side of the tracks

In what is being labeled one of the biggest breakthroughs in schizophrenia research of recent times, scientists have detected heightened immune cell activity in the brains of sufferers, providing a brand new target for further research into its causes, diagnosis and treatment.