Stanford Medicine investigators have replicated, in a lab dish, one of the most prominent human nervous pathways for sensing pain. This nerve circuit transmits sensations from the body’s skin to the ...

Four tiny 3D organs connected themselves in a lab dish, forming a replica of the human pain pathway, in a new study. The discovery allows scientists to better understand chronic pain and how pain ...

Salk scientists uncover a key neural circuit in mice that gives pain its emotional punch, opening new doors for treating fibromyalgia, migraine, and PTSD LA JOLLA (July 9, 2025)—Pain isn’t just a ...

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers assessed the role of the airway-to-brain sensory pathways in influenza-induced illness. Infection with pathogens results in a syndrome characterized ...

Arteries can narrow with fatty buildup. Blood struggles to move. Oxygen drops. A heart attack can follow, and it remains the ...

University of Copenhagen - The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences A previously unknown mechanism by which proteins from the brain are carried to a particular group of sensory nerves causes ...

Why do we prefer sugar to artificial sweeteners? A first-in-human demonstration, described recently in PLOS One, has revealed a previously unknown sensing system in the mouth that detects the calories ...

Migraines are far worse than a bad headache. As many as 14 percent of the world's adults may suffer from these excruciating episodes. They can involve unbearable throbbing pain, or intense pulsing ...

Researchers have discovered there are differing taste pathways for nicotine, which could provide a new approach for future smoking-cessation products. Duke University Medical System researchers have ...