For the first time, scientists have recreated the entire human nervous system’s pain circuit in the lab — from the skin’s nerve endings to the somatosensory cortex of the brain. This achievement ...

Having reduced interoceptive abilities is associated with an impaired ability to regulate emotions, impaired self-awareness, ...

Rats help familiar friends more than strangers, driven by brain oxytocin and social bonds. The study shows helping is about ...

More activity was found in somatosensory cortex when the stimulus was externally produced. In the cerebellum, less activity was associated with a movement that generated a tactile stimulus than ...

The researchers found that IL-17 acts on two distinct brain regions—the amygdala and the somatosensory cortex—to exert two divergent effects. In the amygdala, IL-17 can elicit feelings of ...

A scientific team has used millions of human cells to build neural circuits in the laboratory that sense painful stimuli and trigger suffering ...

Now, two new studies suggest that IL-17 acts on two distinct brain regions—the amygdala and the somatosensory cortex—to exert two divergent effects. In the amygdala, IL-17 can elicit feelings ...