WE have recently studied the distribution of cholinesterases in the cat's pancreas by Koelle's histochemical method 1, and observed that among other structures which contain enzyme the Pacinian ...

New research reveals that an area in the brain known as the inferior colliculus plays a critical role in processing both sound and touch in the form of mechanical vibrations to create an augmented ...

Ludwig van Beethoven began to lose his hearing at age 28 and was deaf by age 44. While the cause of his hearing loss remains a topic of scientific debate and ongoing revision, one thing is clear: ...

DEFORMATION of mechano-receptors gives rise to generator potentials which in turn eventually set up propagated potentials. In order to analyse generator potentials it is desirable to block the ...

OUR TACTILE capabilities are central to almost all that we do. "Touch is the first sensory system that goes on-line when you're born, and it's probably the last one to go," says Jonathon Bell, ...

Researchers have demonstrated a universal decoding system in humans that determines how we perceive vibrations of different frequencies through touch. Their findings, published in eLife, suggest that ...

If you were to run the tips of your fingers steadily down one cheek and across your lips to the other cheek, you would sense an assortment of textures (especially if you're male and haven't shaved for ...