Neuroscience
3-D map of blood vessels in cerebral cortex holds suprises
Blood vessels within a sensory area of the mammalian brain loop and connect in unexpected ways, a new map has revealed.
Jun 9, 2013
0
0
Page 2 - News tagged with sensory cells
Neuroscience
If you can't beat them, join them: Grandmother cells revisited
(Medical Xpress)—In the absence of any real progress in defining neuronal codes for the brain, the simple idea of the grandmother cell continues to percolate through the scientific and popular literature. Many researchers ...
Neuroscience
Epilepsy sends differentiated neurons on the run
(Medical Xpress)—The smooth operation of the brain requires a certain robustness to fluctuations in its home within the body. At the same time, its extraordinary power derives from an activity structure poised at criticality. ...
Neuroscience
Nerve cells key to making sense of our senses
The human brain is bombarded with a cacophony of information from the eyes, ears, nose, mouth and skin. Now a team of scientists at the University of Rochester, Washington University in St. Louis, and Baylor College of Medicine ...
Nov 20, 2011
2
0
Neuroscience
Pain and itch connected down deep
A new study of itch adds to growing evidence that the chemical signals that make us want to scratch are the same signals that make us wince in pain.
May 2, 2011
0
1
Neuroscience
Bursts of beta rhythms implement cognitive control: Studying these bursts may improve understanding of cognition
Bursts of brain rhythms with "beta" frequencies control where and when neurons in the cortex process sensory information and plan responses. Studying these bursts would improve understanding of cognition and clinical disorders, ...
Apr 23, 2024
0
61
Medical research
Cell's 'garbage disposal' may have another role: Helping neurons near skin sense the environment
The typical job of the proteasome, the garbage disposal of the cell, is to grind down proteins into smaller bits and recycle some of those bits and parts. That's still the case, for the most part, but, Johns Hopkins Medicine ...
Apr 12, 2024
0
67
Genetics
Why some people with rheumatoid arthritis have pain without inflammation
Treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has come a long way in recent years. In many cases, a battery of medications can now successfully calm the inflammatory cells that cause swelling and pain when they infiltrate tissues ...
Apr 10, 2024
0
91
Medications
Novel compound AC102 restores hearing in preclinical models of sudden hearing loss
A single application of the novel compound AC102 almost completely restores noise-induced hearing loss in preclinical models. This is the key finding of a recent publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...
Apr 2, 2024
0
41
Medical economics
Molecular discovery has potential to solve the billion-dollar global cost of poorly managed wound healing
Scientists have uncovered a key step in the wound healing process that becomes disabled in diseases like diabetes and aging, contributing to a global health care cost of managing poorly healing wounds exceeding $250 billion ...
Mar 27, 2024
0
30
