Jan – Knowing Neurons

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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Hearing is Believing: Cells that Enable Hearing after Birth

March 11, 2013March 5, 2017 Kate Fehlhaber 6 Comments 2013, Audition, auditory, cochlea, Deaf, Development, Hair Cell, Hearing, Hearing Aid, Hearing Loss, Heller, Inner Ear, Jan, Nusse, Progenitor Cell, Sensory, Sound, Supporting Cell, Tympanic Border Cell, Tympanic border cells are Wnt-responsive and can act as progenitors for postnatal mouse cochlear cells, Wnt

The sense of hearing is a critical part of how we experience life and the world around us. It is so important, in fact, that the ears are fully formed… Read more