News tagged with sensory nerve endings
Researchers finds hidden sensory system in the skin
Researchers report that the human body has an entirely unique and separate sensory system aside from the nerves that give most of us the ability to touch and feel. Surprisingly, this sensory network is located throughout ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Research reveals exactly how coughing is triggered by environmental irritants
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have revealed how environmental irritants such as air pollution and cigarette smoke cause people to cough, in research published today in the American Journal of Respiratory an ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Now hear this: Scientists show how tiny cells deliver big sound
Deep in the ear, 95 percent of the cells that shuttle sound to the brain are big, boisterous neurons that, to date, have explained most of what scientists know about how hearing works. Whether a rare, whisper-small second ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Bioengineering of nerve-muscle connection could improve hand use for wounded soldiers
Modern tissue engineering developed at the University of Michigan could improve the function of prosthetic hands and possibly restore the sense of touch for injured patients.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 14, 2009 |
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ATP is a key to feel warm temperature
A Japanese research group led by Prof. Makoto Tominaga and Dr. Sravan Mandadi (National Institute for Physiological Sciences: NIPS) found that ATP plays a key role in transmitting temperature information from skin keratinocytes ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 08, 2009 |
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