In other words, a non-painful stimulus – like when you rub your shin after walking into a table – can overtake slower pain ...

Neurons that control feelings of pain and temperature are sometimes unmyelinated. Scientists also classify neurons into four groups based on structural differences: Supportive cells, called glial ...

Myelin allows a nerve signal to travel faster. In unmyelinated neurons, a signal can travel along the nerves at about 0.5 to 10 meters per second, while in a myelinated neuron, it can travel up to ...

Myelinated neurons transmit electrical signals more quickly than the unmyelinated nerves in the body. Myelinated axons are present in sensory neurons and motor neurons, but not all sensory and motor ...

Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a chronic, non-infectious condition affecting the nasal mucosa, primarily mediated mainly by IgE. Recent studies reveal that AR is intricately associated not only with type 2 ...

The perception of touch is complex and there has been a lack of ways to describe the full tactile experience quantitatively. Guest et al. (2011) developed a Touch Perception Task (TPT) in order to ...

The outcome is allodynia to touch (brush allodynia). In the spinal cord, the touch-sensitive Aβ fibres normally terminate in the deeper lamina, whereas neurons in superficial lamina receive ...

Nerve–Gut Research Laboratory, Hanson Institute, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia Objective: Intestinal infection evokes hypersensitivity in a subgroup of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS ...

Correspondence to Dr Monique M Gerrits, Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, P.O. Box 5800, 6202AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands; monique.gerrits{at}mumc.nl Over the ...

Damage to the median nerve within the carpal tunnel gives rise to carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), which is associated with a wide spectrum of symptoms. The predominant classic symptoms are nocturnal ...

Cough and angioedema are well-known adverse reactions of ACE inhibitors. However, other adverse effects of upper airways such as postnasal drainage, rhinitis and nasal blockage, are less frequently ...