Touch receptors are a subtype of sensory neuron that are located in the skin and possess specialized endings that respond to mechanical stimulation. As part of the somatosensory system ...

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The somatosensory system consists of the peripheral receptors and neural pathways through which the nervous system detects and processes information about touch (mechanoception), pain (nociception ...

Harvard Medical School neurobiologist David Ginty spoke about the neural mechanics of touch and sense perception during the ...

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Researchers have discovered distinct roles for two dopamine receptors located on nerve cells within the portion of the brain that controls approach vs. avoidance behavior. Mount Sinai researchers ...

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Conveying tactile object characteristics through customized intracortical microstimulation of the human somatosensory cortex. Nature Communications , 2025; 16 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58616-6 ...

technically known as somatosensory information. The inner ear detects acceleration when riding in a vehicle. "Rotational acceleration," which occurs when the head rotates, is sensed by the ...