What Is Pain?

What Is Pain?

In 12 fascinating lectures, Theanne Griffith, PhD, takes us far beneath our common misconceptions about pain all the way down to the molecular level. You'll be surprised to learn exactly what's happening when that hammer hits your finger or when inflammation in the gut causes you to double over.
2026
2026
Season 1
What Is Pain?
2026
In 12 fascinating lectures, Theanne Griffith, PhD, takes us far beneath our common misconceptions about pain all the way down to the molecular level. You'll be surprised to learn exactly what's happening when that hammer hits your finger or when inflammation in the gut causes you to double over.
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Producers
The Great Courses
Cast
Theanne Griffith
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The Great Courses
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