Scientists in the late 1800s discovered the light-sensing role of rhodopsin -- which consists of an opsin bound to retinal, a form of vitamin A -- and it has since become the most studied sensory ...

A recent doctoral dissertation presents research showing that, in the balance organ, sensory receptor cells that had died after being subjected to an antibiotic could be replaced after some time ...

The Scientist's content tagged with: Sensory Receptor.Why Pain During Wound Healing May be a Good Sign Sensory neurons grow into injured tissues and modulate the immune system to promote healing.

For decades, researchers have been investigating how the nervous system make sense of the signals brought into the brain by the sensory organs. Some basic facts are well known: sensory receptor cells ...

5-HT2A receptors regulate sensitivity to sensory input Through this method, the researchers discovered that the 5-HT2A receptor selectively suppresses the strength of incoming visual information ...

Synesthesia is when input from one sense triggers the brain to associate it with another sensory experience.

Walmart is adding "sensory-friendly" hours daily at their stores nationwide. Here's what that means and why they're doing it.

Sensory low registration is characterized by inattentiveness, high pain tolerance, and lack of awareness. How to spot low registration in adults and kids.

Capsaicin was thought to activate a receptor in sensory neurons; it was through painstaking detective work that David Julius and his colleagues identified this receptor.

In particular, the sensory vanilloid receptor 1 (transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1)) and the neuropeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) have been ...

Hair Cells Convert Energy Hair cells are the sensory receptor cells of hearing and balance. They are as important for the senses of the inner ear as chemoreceptors are for taste and smell; as ...