Does the Brain Really Feel No Pain?

Does the Brain Really Feel No Pain?
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The brain has no nociceptors, the nerves that detect damage or threat of damage to our body and signal this to the spinal cord and brain. This has led to the belief that the brain feels no pain. A belief that has entered popular culture.

But if the brain feels no pain, what causes headaches?

Janet Bultitude
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