It's a regular occurrence when taking our canine pals for drizzly walks and summer swims. But until recently, the biology ...

They traced the pathway to a group of neurons in the spinal cord; this connects to an area in the brain called the parabrachial nucleus, which is involved in processing pain, temperature and touch.

Salk Institute / SWNS Salk researchers focused their efforts on the lateral parabrachial nucleus, a portion of the brain that relays sensory information. see also This brain area produces the ...

C-LTMRs, which are typically involved with pleasant affective touch, are connected to spinoparabrachial neurons that transmit sensory signals to the parabrachial nucleus in the brainstem.