The somatosensory cortex is a region of the mammalian brain known to play a crucial role in the processing of sensory information, including tactile sensations, temperature and pain. While this ...

In the hippocampus, a critical brain region for learning and memory, new cells emerge in some people into late adulthood, ...

The Australian-developed machine, a biocomputer marketed for research purposes, uses living neural tissue integrated with ...

The neurogenesis rates of some olfactory sensory neuron subtypes are selectively accelerated in mice that are exposed to odors that stimulate those subtypes.

Olfactory sensory neurons achieve precise expression of a single olfactory receptor gene by forming stable, solid-like nucleoprotein condensates, rather than liquid-like droplets.

A new imaging method discovered sensory neurons that communicate directly with the brain branch off from the spine into fat tissue. ... while the sensory neuron pathway turns the process off.

Next, the researchers explored whether these neurons respond to sensory cues associated with food, beyond the act of eating. They found that CCK neurons were activated when mice saw food pellets ...

Surely our brains, with its over 85 billion neurons, could process information faster, ... our nerves and sensory system processes information at upwards of a billion bits per second, ...

Previous research from Sokol and colleagues showed that the skin’s sensory nervous system – specifically the neurons that lead to itch – directly detects allergens with protease activity, an ...

While the functional role of these silent neurons has remained elusive for many years, our study suggests that these neurons can play an important role in sensory processing, but only if they are ...