The twinge begins in the afternoon: toes. At my desk, toes, itching. Toes, toes, toes. I don’t normally think about my toes. But as I commute home in a crowded subway car, my feet are burning, and I ...
How does the body know when to stop scratching an itch? New research is giving us more insight. Scientists have long known about the itch-scratch cycle. When an irritant gets on your skin, a ...
The discovery was made by researchers at the University of Louvain and presented at the 70th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting. The findings identify the specific neural mechanism that signals the ...