News tagged with sensory pathways


Sensory hair cells regenerated, hearing restored in mammal ear

Hearing loss is a significant public health problem affecting close to 50 million people in the United States alone. Sensorineural hearing loss is the most common form and is caused by the loss of sensory ...

Neuroscience created Jan 09, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (39) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Scientists home in on cause of osteoarthritis pain

Researchers at Rush University Medical Center, in collaboration with researchers at Northwestern University, have identified a molecular mechanism central to the development of osteoarthritis (OA) pain, a finding that could ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Dec 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Neuroscientists prove ultrasound can be tweaked to stimulate different sensations

A century after the world's first ultrasonic detection device – invented in response to the sinking of the Titanic – Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists have provided the first neurophysiological evidence ...

Neuroscience created Dec 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Novel mechanisms underlying major childhood neuromuscular disease identified

A study by scientists from the Motor Neuron Center at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) suggests that spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic neuromuscular disease in infants and children, results ...

Medical research created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study finds external stimulation impacts white matter development in the postnatal brain

A team at Children's National Medical Center has found that external stimulation has an impact on the postnatal development of a specific region of the brain. Published in Nature Neuroscience, the study used sensory deprivation ...

Medical research created Aug 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Scientists identify protein that sends 'painful touch' signals

In two landmark papers in the journal Nature this week, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute report that they have identified a class of proteins that detect "painful touch."

Medical research created Feb 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast