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This shows the movement detecting nerve endings.

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 2, 2015·3 min read

Absence of Protein Affects Ability to Feel Limbs and Movement

The absence of the protein Whirlin damages the ability to feel limbs and muscle movement, a new study reports.

Featured Neuroscience

·October 8, 2014·5 min read

Amputees Discern Familiar Sensations Across Prosthetic Hand

Amputees are able to regain sense of touch and 'feel' with their prosthetic hands, thanks to new technological advances.

Stanford Professor Zhenan Bao is leading American and Korean researchers in the quest for an artificial nerve system. NeuroscienceNews.com image is credited to Kevin Craft.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 1, 2018·5 min read

Artificial Nerve System Gives Prosthetic Devices and Robots a Sense of Touch

Researchers have created an artificial nervous system that may give prosthetics and robots reflexes and the ability to sense touch. The system is sensitive enough to identify letters in the Braille alphabet.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·March 8, 2016·4 min read

Bionic Fingertip Allows Amputee to Feel Texture

A new bionic fingertip that is surgically connected to nerves in the upper arm allows amputees to feel texture, a new study reports.

Featured Psychology

·October 10, 2017·3 min read

Children With ADHD Likely to Have Touch Processing Abnormalities

A new study in Journal of Neurophysiology reveals children with ADHD perform worse on tests of tactile functioning than those without the disorder.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 5, 2020·2 min read

COVID-19 linked to rare form of encephalitis

A patient who tested positive for COVID-19 developed acute necrotizing encephalitis (ANE) as a result of the coronavirus infection. An MRI scan revealed the patient had lesions in the thalamus and temporal lobes, areas of the brain implicated in consciousness, sensation, and memory function. Researchers advise doctors to look out for COVID-19 patients who present with altered levels of consciousness, as this may be symptomatic of ANE.

Featured Neuroscience

·April 20, 2017·6 min read

Discovering the Basics of ‘Active Touch’

Researchers identify neurons that help us sense touch and motion.

This shows a hand in blue covered in microchips.

Featured Neuroscience

·September 14, 2015·3 min read

Feeling Touch with a Prosthetic Hand

Researchers report a person who has been paralyzed for more than a decade has become the first person to be able to 'feel' physical sensations through a prosthetic hand directly connected to his brain.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·September 17, 2018·5 min read

How the Brain Bounces Back

A new study reports activity, not rest, help speed up recovery following a brain injury.

Image shows a person's hand being stimulated.

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·October 29, 2016·7 min read

Insight Into Neural Language Enables Amputees to Discern Light Touch to Intense Pressure

A new prosthetic system allows amputees to feel the same intensity of pressure on their prosthetic hand as they can feel with their natural hand.

The image shows a hand touching a mirror.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·January 6, 2015·4 min read

International Research Effort Gives Neuroscientists Better Feeling About Sense of Touch

Researchers have linked a group of neurons to a specific type of somatosensation, helping heighten understanding about the sense of touch.

This image shows a 3D rendering of the entire multisensory integration circuit.

Featured Neuroscience Neuroscience Videos

·April 30, 2015·6 min read

Neural Circuits for Multiple Senses Involved in Choosing Appropriate Action Mapped

A new study reports researchers have successfully mapped the neural circuit involved in combining pain and vibration sensations which trigger escape behaviors.

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sensation

Absence of Protein Affects Ability to Feel Limbs and Movement

Amputees Discern Familiar Sensations Across Prosthetic Hand

Artificial Nerve System Gives Prosthetic Devices and Robots a Sense of Touch

Bionic Fingertip Allows Amputee to Feel Texture

Children With ADHD Likely to Have Touch Processing Abnormalities

COVID-19 linked to rare form of encephalitis

Discovering the Basics of ‘Active Touch’

Feeling Touch with a Prosthetic Hand

How the Brain Bounces Back

Insight Into Neural Language Enables Amputees to Discern Light Touch to Intense Pressure

International Research Effort Gives Neuroscientists Better Feeling About Sense of Touch

Neural Circuits for Multiple Senses Involved in Choosing Appropriate Action Mapped

Untangling the Human Mind: The Interplay Between Cognition and Personality

Empathy’s Influence on Drinking Patterns

Sleep Apnea and Its Link to Alzheimer’s Associated Brain Changes

Getting the Skinny on Cannabis Use: The Effect of Cannabis on Weight and Metabolism

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