Stanford Medicine investigators have replicated, in a lab dish, one of humans' most prominent nervous pathways for sensing ...

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 ...

Stanford Medicine investigators have replicated, in a lab dish, one of humans' most prominent nervous pathways for sensing pain. This nerve circuit ...

Summary: Touch is a vital sense, yet the brain processes active and passive touch using distinct pathways. In mice, ...

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Years ago, as a neurology resident, Chinfei Chen, MD, PhD, cared for a 20-year-old woman who had experienced a very small stroke, affecting only the thalamus.

A new study reveals that the thalamus, long overshadowed by the cortex and hippocampus, plays a crucial role in shaping and ...

If I do skip dessert, it’s not because I’m full—it’s because of sheer, white-knuckled willpower. And I know I’m definitely not alone. So what gives? How do most of us always magically have room for ...

Next time you feel an itch, remember that your brain's vast network of neurons informs it whether it is an itch or pain. A ...

Signals from the body are first sent to the thalamus, the brain’s hub for sensory processing. Neurons here relay information to higher brain regions that help identify the source and intensity ...