Other scientists have only recently identified hot and cold nerve cell receptors in the peripheral nervous system located just beneath the skin. This is the system that tells the brain to pull the ...

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For example, sensory cells in the skin respond to the pressure of ... Dopamine receptors bind dopamine, insulin receptors bind insulin, nerve growth factor receptors bind nerve growth factor ...

Peripheral or central activation of the TRPM8 (transient receptor potential melastatine ... neuropathic pain resulting from peripheral nerve damage, reports a paper in Current Biology.