Scientists develop lab-grown model of the human sensory pathway to investigate how pain signals are transmitted to the brain.

Researchers have recreated the human ascending sensory pathway in a lab dish, using organoids that model the key brain and ...

Every soft caress of wind, searing burn and seismic rumble is detected by our skin’s tangle of touch sensors. David Ginty has ...

Immediate use for the newly developed assembloids could include studying neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism.

Mice lacking two neuropeptides thought to be essential for processing pain show no change in how they respond to a wide range of harmful stimuli.

It branches from the vagus nerve (cranial nerve 10) but follows an unusual pathway to reach the larynx. The paired nerves don't follow the same symmetrical course. The RLN supplies motor and sensory ...