A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are ...

It works by switching off nociceptors in the peripheral nervous system, and therefore preventing pain signals getting to the ...

Researchers at NYU Langone Health have discovered a previously unknown brain circuit that helps the brain quickly determine ...

A newly identified part of a brain circuit mixes sensory information, memories, and emotions to tell whether things are familiar or new—and important or just "background noise." ...

Brain cells in signaling pathways "fire" as their membrane potential shift, which causes each nerve cell's extensions ... or-nothing signals called action potentials, large depolarizations ...

Fundamental concept to first understand is that you don’t detect pain – it is a sensation that your brain has created – from ...

In particular, he is interested in how ion channels, which let molecules like sodium or potassium flow in or out of cells, regulate the activity ... current needed for the explosive all-or-none action ...

Despite its unpleasantness, pain has a critically important purpose, designed to protect the body rather than harm it.

Scientists have identified a previously unknown brain circuit that rapidly evaluates sensory information by integrating memories and emotions.