Researchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) have shown how a minimal change in a single ion channel ...

In order to understand the structure and functioning of the brain, neuroscientists need to study the complex, ...

The vestibular organs are very important to generate reflexes critical for stabilizing gaze and body posture. Vestibular diseases significantly reduce the quality of life of people who are affected by ...

BACKGROUND In the rat, gastric distension elicits an intensity dependent pseudoaffective bradycardia mediated via capsaicin sensitive afferent and cholinergic efferent vagal pathways. Inflammation ...

Measuring nerve signal response from the balance organs of mammals is a challenging task in a live specimen (in vivo). Using data obtained instead from a set of isolated (in vitro) preparations from ...

New pathway to target chronic pain. Dr Robert Banks, visiting researcher in our Biosciences department made a vital contribution to the research. Alongside Dr Guy Bewick from the University of ...

A new study involving our Biosciences department has revealed a previously unknown pain pathway in the human nervous system, reshaping our understanding of how chronic pain functions. Traditionally, ...