The ability to sense our environment is vital for all organisms, to allow response and adaptation to changes in both the external and internal environment. Somatosensation is the perception of stimuli ...

Shrinivasan Raghuraman, Jennifer Y. Xie, Mario J. Giacobassi, Jortan O. Tun, Kevin Chase, Dong Lu, Russell W. Teichert, Frank Porreca, Baldomero M. Olivera ...

Specific cellular, molecular and gene expression patterns in brain areas are linked to function, but their precise relationships remain largely unknown. New findings by scientists at the Human Brain ...

Itch is triggered by somatosensory neurons expressing the ion channel TRPV1 (transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1), but the mechanisms underlying this nociceptive response ...

Pain is a constant, complex companion that clinicians often struggle to understand and measure for people living with sickle ...

Senses vary in their openness to language. If smells and tastes are hard to describe, the intimate somatosensory modalities may elude description altogether. A human body can sense its position and ...