Five Swiss startups are among the nine startups selected to join the second edition of the Digital Health Centre Bülach and Tenity. During four-months, participants will receive tailored support and ...

UChicago scientists are making major progress on a technology designed to give nuanced “feeling” to prosthetic hands, by delivering gentle electrical stimulation to the brain.

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 ...

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a key molecule involved in inflammation and plays an important role in both healthy and diseased states.

Neuroscientists have identified that the receptor IL-1R1 plays a critical role in enabling neurons to directly communicate with the immune system. The new study provides the most detailed mapping of ...

A comprehensive study mapped neuronal IL-1R1 (nIL-1R1) expression in the mouse brain, highlighting its role in sensory processing, mood, and memory regulation.

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a key molecule involved in inflammation and plays an important role in both healthy and diseased states. In disease, high ...

For the first time ever, a complex sense of touch for individuals living with spinal cord injuries is a step closer to ...

The new brain-computer interface device goes "beyond anything that has been done before," the researchers claim.

Summary: Researchers are making strides in restoring touch sensations to prosthetic limbs through brain stimulation. By using ...