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Connecting to our Social Selves

July 13, 2016June 30, 2017 knowingneurons 0 Comments 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

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What is Pain?

September 23, 2013March 5, 2017 Ryan Jones 1 Comment 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

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