The somatosensory system consists of the peripheral receptors and neural pathways through which the nervous system detects and processes information about touch (mechanoception), pain (nociception ...

Some of these receptors produce stimulating and others ... galanin modulates peripheral‑to‑central connectivity in the somatosensory thalamus during whisker development in mice, Nature ...

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Touch receptors are a subtype of sensory neuron that are located in the skin and possess specialized endings that respond to mechanical stimulation. As part of the somatosensory system ...

This happens because most neurons that are part of the somatosensory pathway of the ocular surface are multimodal and, ...