On Thursday April 1, the Department of Biology hosted Niels Ringstad, professor in the Department of Cell Biology at the New ...

The somatosensory system consists of the peripheral receptors and neural pathways ... mechanisms of pain in addition to nociceptive neuron activity.

This valuable study combines real-time keypoint tracking with transdermal activation of sensory neurons to investigate sensory neuron recruitment in freely moving mice, and builds on the authors' ...

Humans and other animal species can experience many types of pain throughout the course of their lives, varying in intensity, ...

Scientists develop lab-grown model of the human sensory pathway to investigate how pain signals are transmitted to the brain.

Mice lacking two neuropeptides thought to be essential for processing pain show no change in how they respond to a wide range of harmful stimuli.

Researchers from the University of Rochester have begun an ambitious project to study if living neurons can transmit light through their axons—the long, tail-like nerve fibers of neurons that resemble ...

While it may be an unfamiliar sensation to humans, electroreception is relatively commonplace in the animal kingdom. Sharks, bees and even the platypus all share this ability to detect electric fields ...

New research reveals that neurons can switch their migration strategy depending on whether they move on flat surfaces or through tight, crowded spaces.

Dopamine detoxing addresses overstimulation by abstaining from high-dopamine activities, potentially improving mental health and emotional resilience.

A study in Nature Metabolism reports a protein-responsive gut hormone that regulates appetite, sleep and organismal lifespan. This finding sheds light on the evolutionarily conserved endocrine ...

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