Human biology is very much like that of other mammals, and yet so very different in areas where it matters. One of these being human neurology, with aspects like the human brain and the somatosensory ...

The pathophysiology of migraine has been suggested to involve neurogenic inflammation, and studies using diffusion tensor imaging have demonstrated that patients with migraine show permanent ...

Two new studies show that the thalamus--the small central brain structure often characterized as a mere pit-stop for sensory information on its way to the cortex--is heavily involved in sensory ...

Stanford Medicine investigators have replicated, in a lab dish, one of the most prominent human nervous pathways for sensing pain. This nerve circuit transmits sensations from the body’s skin to the ...

Infrared thermography image in an awake rat. The average temperature in the center of the cornea is 34°C. IN-UMH-CSIC. Nerve fibers on the eye surface are involved in many relevant physiological ...

A new study looking at neural mechanisms involved in restless legs syndrome has come up with some surprising findings — that the condition seems to be related to changes in the sensory rather than the ...

Reviewed by Sarju Patel, MD, MPH, MSc, Director of Uveitis and Ocular Immunology, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY Dry eye disease is a highly ...

A new study suggests that the inner sense of our cardiovascular state, our "interoceptive awareness" of the heart pounding, relies on two independent pathways, contrary to what had been asserted by ...

The cerebral cortex processes sensory information via a network of neural connections. But how are these signals adjusted to refine our perceptions? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has ...

Night-migratory songbirds can use geomagnetic information to navigate over thousands of kilometres with great precision. A crucial part of the magnetic ‘map’ information used by night-migratory ...

Two new studies show that the thalamus -- the small central brain structure often characterized as a mere pit-stop for sensory information on its way to the cortex -- is heavily involved in sensory ...