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There’s a mysterious nerve in the human body that takes the most inefficient route imaginable—and scientists can’t explain why
The human body is full of elegant designs that seem almost too perfect to be real. But once in a while, nature throws in a ...
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New self-healing artificial ‘pain nerves’ could give humanoid robots human-like reflexes
Chinese researchers have built a self-healing gelatin sensor that lets robots rate pain and protect themselves after damage.
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Human touch stimulates 16 different types of nerve cells in the body
The human sense of touch is a complex system that integrates diverse sensations such as pain, temperature, and pleasant ...
Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, including aspects of mind such as mood, pleasure and fear. It is late at ...
The vagus nerve sprawls from the brain through the body, innervating our organs and managing life support and emotion. Sally Caulwell for Quanta Magazine The original version of this story appeared in ...
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'Mitochondrial transfer' into nerves could relieve chronic pain, early study hints
A new study reveals that nerve cells receive periodic infusions of mitochondria from neighboring cells — and this may point ...
Surprising results show that ‘sensory’ nerves, which carry information to the brain, have a direct role in helping tumours to metastasize. Further research is needed to confirm that the results hold ...
Communication between the body and the nervous system is called interoception and it allows the brain to sense internal states, such as hunger, pain, or heart rate. The vagus nerve is an important ...
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