Every soft caress of wind, searing burn and seismic rumble is detected by our skin’s tangle of touch sensors. David Ginty has ...

One sensory neuron, which seems important in distinguishing between different kinds of social touch, quickly adapts in this way. It is connected to hair follicles in the skin and is called a hair ...

There is a specialized subset of sensory neurons called nociceptors that are able to sense pain. These neurons are spread throughout our skin, our muscles, and in most of our internal organs.

Upon inducing pain in the skin with tiny spicules, he observed an itchy aftersensation. In this case, he concluded that itch is not a separate sensory modality, but rather, a mild form of pain. 3 This ...

This is why the response is so fast. Receptor in the skin detects a stimulus (the change in temperature). Sensory neuron sends electrical impulses to a relay neuron, which is located in the spinal ...

A new study reveals how inflammation alters sensory neuron activity, heightening heat sensitivity and contributing to chronic ...

New research shows that 40Hz sensory stimulation (GENUS) improves memory, enhances brain circuit connectivity, and increases new neuron growth in mice modeling Down syndrome.

In addition to under the skin on the peripheral ... a synapse that transmits cold sensory information from the peripheral to the central nervous system neuron when stimulated by cold temperature ...

and the size of primary sensory neuron somas. Larger-bodied species with larger primary sensory neurons exhibited a higher abundance of microglia, while smaller animals tended to have fewer or none.