One sensory neuron, which seems important in distinguishing between different kinds of social touch, quickly adapts in this way. It is connected to hair follicles in the skin and is called a hair ...

they observed slower post-injury healing in their skin and muscles, whereas wounds of mice with intact sensory neurons healed within an expected timeframe. The team next tracked sensory neurons to ...

This is why the response is so fast. Receptor in the skin detects a stimulus (the change in temperature). Sensory neuron sends electrical impulses to a relay neuron, which is located in the spinal ...