SCN9A – 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

Did You Know? Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Sensation and Perception

A World Without Pain

September 25, 2013March 5, 2017 Jillian L. Shaw 2006, Al-Gazali, An SCN9A channelopathy causes congenital inability to experience pain, Cox, Dorsal Root Ganglia, Infographic, mutation, Nature, Nav1.7, Neuropathic, Nociceptor, Pain, SCN9A, Sodium channel, Somatosensory, Tetrodotoxin

In Northern Pakistan, a ten-year old street performer awed and horrified crowds with his ability to place knives through his arms and walk across burning coals all seemingly without pain.… Read more