Sensory receptors in human skin transmit a wealth of tactile and thermal signals from external environments to the brain. Despite advances in our understanding of mechano- and thermosensation ...

Touch receptors are highly specialized sensory neurons that innervate ... iPS cells were generated from primary human fibroblasts derived from skin biopsies of healthy donors using a doxycycline ...

Sensory receptors in the dermis allow the body to experience pressure ... the amount of hydrogen peroxide – a potent ROS – has been shown to more than double in human skin (Rigel et al, 2004). UV ...

Scientists have found a simple method to convert human skin cells ... like mature DRG-type sensory neurons. "We added compounds including capsaicin, which activates pain receptors on DRG neurons ...

Since the follicle contains many sensory nerve endings ... of touch-sensitive receptors than equivalent cells in the skin. They established co-cultures of human hair follicle cells and sensory ...

Humans have around 400 smelling receptors. While this isn't as many as animals that are super smellers have, the much more complicated human brain ... About half of the sensory cells in taste ...

Birds, not humans The variant that was just one mutation away from binding to human receptors is now no longer in circulation. De Vries, Boons and colleagues, in collaboration with researchers at ...