Spinal cord Archives - Knowing Neurons

Jillian L. Shaw November 16, 2014March 5, 2017 Afferent Sensory Neurons, Alex Honnold, Efferent Motor Neurons, GABA, GABAergic neurons, GAD2, inhibitory, Interneuron, Microcircuit, motor neuron, Nature, Oscillation, Presynaptic inhibition, Proprioception, SfN14, Spinal cord, Thomas Jessel

Smooth Move: How GABAergic Interneurons Regulate Skilled Motor Behavior

In early 2014, the American free-solo rock climber Alex Honnold climbed 2,500 feet of limestone without ropes. The demanding route called El Sendero Luminoso in El Potrero Chico, Mexico required… Read More

Did You Know?Interviews Sensation and Perception SfN 2014

Kate Fehlhaber November 10, 2014March 5, 2017 @KnowingNeurons, Art, Brainstem, Creativity, Grad School, Intuition, Mechanosensory, Neurons, Organization, Postdoc, Sense, Sensory, SfN14, Spinal cord, Touch

Science with a Touch of Art: A Conversation with David Ginty

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/176184172″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] If you think about it, the surface of the human body, the skin, is actually one huge sheet of tactile receptors. The dozens… Read More

Itching to Understand Dynorphin Knowing Neurons

Neuro News Sensation and Perception

Jillian L. Shaw July 16, 2014March 5, 2017 2014, Bernard, Bhlhb5, Dynorphin, Inflammation, Itch, Kappa, Kardon, Limbic system, Mu, Neuron, Opioid, Pain, Spinal cord, Spinal dorsal horn

Itching to Understand Dynorphin

Bzzzzzz! Splat! Ugh! Anyone who has ever been around a campfire during the summer months is familiar with this progression of noises. Mosquito bites and the resulting welts provide unwelcome… Read More