Visceral sensory neurons activate reflex pathways that control gut function and also give rise to important sensations, such as fullness, bloating, nausea, discomfort, urgency and pain. Sensory ...

Introduction The sense of effort is an essential component of all forms of exercise. Although extensively studied, exercise physiologists have failed to reach consensus about whether this sensation is ...

Figure 1: Key ion channels in the primary afferent pain pathway. Voltage-gated sodium channels underlie action potential firing in excitable cells, including neurons. Thus it is not surprising that ...