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 ...

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

The hairs on the skin also help to control body temperature. The hairs lie flat when we are warm, and rise when we are cold. If we are too cold nerve impulses are sent to the hair erector muscles ...

This process is controlled by the thermoregulatory centre, which is contained in the hypothalamus in the brain, and it contains receptors sensitive to the temperature of the blood. The skin also ...