In fact, the somatosensory neurons that make all these sensations possible constitute the largest sensory system in mammals. Scientists knew that for somatosensation to occur, there must be molecular ...

As sensory receptors in our skin, muscles, bones, joints and organs are triggered by a specific stimulus, this signal passes to the somatosensory region in the brain which is uniquely attributed ...

This final article in our series on the human senses explores the physiology of the sense of touch, including the receptors and sensory neurons responsible for detecting and relaying tactile ...

Of those, the KCNK18 receptor is expressed at high levels by somatosensory neurons. Bautista suspects that when KCNK18 is activated, it serves as a sensory gatekeeper, regulating the forwarding of ...

A somatosensory system transmits sensory information within the body from protein receptors to nerve fibers and onward to the brain, where a sensation is perceived. Common sensory information ...

We perceive these vibrations so clearly thanks to specialized receptors that transduce them ... They discovered that neurons in the somatosensory cortex are activated in a manner similar to ...

The researchers investigated the relationship of neurotransmitter receptor densities with their corresponding genes in 15 cytoarchitectonic areas of the visual, auditory, somatosensory and motor ...

These sensations are all part of our somatosensory system ... whose independent research uncovered the receptors which allow us to sense touch and temperature. The discoveries made by Julius ...