FeaturedNeuroscience·October 8, 2014·5 min readAmputees Discern Familiar Sensations Across Prosthetic HandAmputees are able to regain sense of touch and 'feel' with their prosthetic hands, thanks to new technological advances.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·December 4, 2014·5 min readScientists Identify Principal Protein Sensor for TouchResearchers have identified a mechanoreceptor protein which mediates the sense of touch in mammals.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 9, 2014·4 min readPaying Attention Makes Touch Sensing Brain Cells Fire Rapidly and in SyncA new study takes a step closer to understanding how animals' thoughts and feelings affect their perception of external stimuli.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·January 6, 2015·4 min readInternational Research Effort Gives Neuroscientists Better Feeling About Sense of TouchResearchers have linked a group of neurons to a specific type of somatosensation, helping heighten understanding about the sense of touch.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 2, 2015·3 min readAbsence of Protein Affects Ability to Feel Limbs and MovementThe absence of the protein Whirlin damages the ability to feel limbs and muscle movement, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·April 30, 2015·6 min readNeural Circuits for Multiple Senses Involved in Choosing Appropriate Action MappedA new study reports researchers have successfully mapped the neural circuit involved in combining pain and vibration sensations which trigger escape behaviors.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 14, 2015·3 min readFeeling Touch with a Prosthetic HandResearchers 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.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 7, 2015·4 min readShaping Sensory Perceptions: How Our Brains Overrule Our SensesA new study reveals the neural circuitry that helps shape our sensory perceptions.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 8, 2016·4 min readBionic Fingertip Allows Amputee to Feel TextureA new bionic fingertip that is surgically connected to nerves in the upper arm allows amputees to feel texture, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyPain·October 12, 2016·5 min readTouching Research: Fighting Pain Through Knowledge of Sensory Organs in FingertipsResearchers look at how sensory organs in the skin work, The findings may help solve certain sensory pain disorders.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 26, 2016·6 min readRestoring The Sense Of Touch In Amputees Using Natural Signals Of The Nervous SystemResearchers have found a way to produce realistic sensations of touch in two human amputees by directly stimulating the nervous system.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 29, 2016·7 min readInsight Into Neural Language Enables Amputees to Discern Light Touch to Intense PressureA new prosthetic system allows amputees to feel the same intensity of pressure on their prosthetic hand as they can feel with their natural hand.Read More
