The Pain Beat – The Coding of Sensory Information: Population Coding or Labeled Lines?
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In the fifth episode of The Pain Beat, researchers discuss how the mammalian nervous system encodes sensory modalities related to touch, pain and temperature. Are there labeled lines? Is there population coding? Do the mechanisms differ by location – the brain, spinal cord or periphery?
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Editor’s note: During the 2023 North American Pain School (NAPS), five pain researchers participated in the PRF-NAPS 2023 Correspondents program.  As we hear from our 2024 NAPS Correspondents, we’re taking a look back at some highlights of NAPS 2023 and some of the people who made them...
Published 10/22/24