C-fiber – Knowing Neurons

Connecting to our Social Selves

July 13, 2016June 30, 2017 knowingneurons A-beta, and Mind, Book, Braille, Brain, C-fiber, David J. Linden, Heart, Mechanical, Mechanism, Meissner, Merkel, Pacinian, Pain, Pleasure, Receptor, Review, Ruffini, SCN9A, Sense, Sex, social, Touch, Touch: The Science of Hand

Dear Skin, I would like to express my upmost gratitude for the vast amount of receptors you possess. Among my favorites – the practical ones that allow me to find… Read more

Brain Basics Neuro News Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Sensation and Perception

What is Pain?

September 23, 2013March 5, 2017 Ryan Jones 2013, Action Potential, Burn, C-fiber, Chronic, Dorsal Root Ganglia, Gadotti, Huang, Jan, Nature Neuroscience, Neuropathic, Pain, Peripheral Neuropathic Pain, Phantom Limb Syndrome, TMEM16C, TMEM16C cuts pain no SLACK, TMEM16C facilitates Na+-activated K+ currents in rat sensory neurons and regulates pain processing, Zamponi

For many, pain is an indescribably awful feeling that causes suffering and emotional distress. It is a sensation that is so unpleasant – so unbearable – that most people will… Read more