By re-creating neural pathway in dish, Stanford Medicine research may speed pain treatment

By re-creating neural pathway in dish, Stanford Medicine research may speed pain treatment

Source: ScienceDaily

Scientists have rebuilt, in laboratory glassware, the neural pathway that sends information from the body's periphery to the brain, promising to aid research on pain disorders.

Stanford Medicine investigators have replicated, in a lab dish, one of humans' most prominent nervous pathways for sensing pain. This nerve circuit transmits sensations from the body's skin to the brain. Once further processed in the brain, these sig… [9917 chars]

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