A groundbreaking study has mapped the full neural circuit that carries cool temperature signals from the skin to the brain.

The ability to accurately detect heat and pain is critical to human survival, but scientists have struggled to understand on a molecular level exactly how our bodies sense these potential risks. Now, ...

Tactile receptors, tightly packed throughout the skin, feel the temperature or mechanical stimuli - such as touching or pinching - and convert them into electrical signals to the brain.

2 US scientists awarded Nobel Prize for discovery of touch, temperature receptors hoped to one day address chronic pain by Jenna Romaine | Oct. 4, 2021 | Oct. 04, 2021 (rrodrickbeiler/iStock) ...

“The biological need — the strong temperature sensitivity of the receptors — apparently requires a larger energy than what reversible structural changes in the protein can afford,” he says. “Thus, the ...

It's not in your head, Cleveland. Temperatures in the 50s after a cold winter absolutely feel warmer than when it first cools back down after a warm summer. Blame the receptors in your skin.

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, both US-based scientists, have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of receptors that let humans detect temperature and touch.

Topline American scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian were awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their “discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch,” a breakthrough that ...

First Nobel Prize of 2021 honors discovery of temperature, touch receptors by: The Associated Press, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Oct 4, 2021 / 07:57 AM EDT Updated: Oct 4, 2021 / 07:57 AM EDT ...

Nobel Prize awarded to US scientists for discovery of temperature, touch receptors By David Keyton and Frank Jordans Updated October 4, 2021 8:07am EDT News ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two U.S.-based scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for their discovery of the receptors that allow humans to feel temperature and touch ...