The aim of this study was to develop a quantitative sensory test (QST) that could be used for assessing the level and the density (degree of impairment) of spinal cord injury (SCI) and for monitoring ...

Researchers have given rats the ability to "touch" infrared light, normally invisible to them, by fitting them with an infrared detector wired to microscopic electrodes implanted in the part of the ...

Scientists have proved experimentally what has been suspected since the discovery of Merkel cells in the skin over a century ago: the sense of light touch that is critical for hand dexterity would not ...

Kate Poole receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Australian Research Council and the US Air Force Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development Mirella ...