# Brain cells that make pain unpleasant

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**Created:** [January 17, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/brain-cells-that-make-pain-unpleasant/1626 "2019-01-17T21:41:13Z")\
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> **[Brain cells that make pain unpleasant](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190117142102.htm)**
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> If you step on a tack, neurons in your brain will register two things: that there's a piercing physical sensation in your foot, and that it's not pleasant. Now, a team of scientists has identified a bundle of brain cells in mice responsible for the...

  
If you step on a tack, neurons in your brain will register two things: that there’s a piercing physical sensation in your foot, and that it’s not pleasant. Now, a team of scientists has identified a bundle of brain cells in mice responsible for the latter – that is, the negative emotions of pain.