A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new, and important or just "background noise." ...

Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence researchers have identified over 60 transcriptomic neuron types in the ...

The human sense of touch is a complex system that integrates diverse sensations such as pain, temperature, and pleasant ...

The vagus nerve does it all—tells your lungs to breathe, controls your heart rate, and even forms the foundation for a whole ...

Conclusion These results suggest that LAR involves the following processes: allergen challenge triggering airway sensory nerves via the activation of TRPA1 channels which initiates a central reflex ...

In 2004, a research group at Peking University First Hospital discovered a mutation in the gene coding for a sodium-channel subunit in individuals with a rare and serious disorder called inherited ...

Median sensory conduction velocity was reduced in 63% of patients, sensory nerve action potential (SNAP) amplitude being decreased in 27% of patients. Ulnar sensory conduction velocity was ...

Myelinated neurons transmit electrical signals more quickly than the unmyelinated nerves in the body. Myelinated axons are present in sensory neurons and motor neurons, but not all sensory and motor ...

The integration of experimental evidence, a robust mathematical framework and computer simulations convincingly demonstrate the effects of action potential propagation ... (A) The ventral nerve cord ...