Ten years ago, three research teams published a breakthrough — the first description of the molecular mechanism for transduction in fingertip sensory Merkel cells that can transduce gentle touch, a ...

The mechanisms by which antidepressants and other emotion-focused medications work could be reconsidered due to an advance in the understanding of how the gut communicates with the brain. "The ...

Science, New Series, Vol. 160, No. 3823 (Apr. 5, 1968), pp. 96-98 (3 pages) The excitatory postsynaptic potentials produced in motoneurons by impulses in single afferent fibers (Ia) have been recorded ...

The vagus nerve is a vine of nerve fibers with roots in nearly every organ and shoots in the brain. It helps us detect a racing heart, rising blood pressure, stomachache, discomfort, an overzealous ...

The advent of anti-obesity medications such as semaglutide that act on the receptor for glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) provide a pharmacological solution to hunger management. However, the body has ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Transduction is the changing of one form of energy into another, such as a spoken voice changed into radio waves by a cellphone. Ten years ago, three research teams published a ...