Pain pathway in a dish could aid search for new analgesic drugs
Researchers integrated four organoids that represent the four components of the human sensory pathway, along which pain signals are conveyed to the brain. Stimulation of…
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Room for dessert? Here’s why your brain says yes to sugar
Enlarge this image One of the ways the body signals fullness after a meal involves satiety neurons located in the hypothalamus. Sugar seems to hijack…
This scientist is on a quest … to salvage whale brains
Enlarge this image Instituto Baleia Jubarte Instituto Baleia Jubarte A year and a half ago, neuroscientist Kamilla Souza got the call she’d been waiting for:…