Glutamate activates ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) which include the NMDA, AMPA and kainate receptors, and the metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) which are coupled to G proteins.

Abstract: This paper describes a couple of new principles with regard to interactions and integrations of multiple sensory channels in the human brain. First, as opposed to the general belief that the ...

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To enhance the safety of human–robot collaboration (HRC), the new collaborative robot skin (CoboSkin) with the features of softness, variable stiffness, and sensitivity is designed and studied in this ...

A family said they have felt haunted for 80 years by a piece of a lampshade made from human skin seized from a concentration camp and brought home for evidence. The macabre object was given to ...

Department of Biopharmaceutical Convergence, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea ...

A dog can recognize a drop of human sweat in an olympic size swimming pool and even distinguish ... More between identical twins. Over the past few years, we have intersected many times in our ...