Two types of neurons in the skin may be particularly important for how the brain interprets social contact between people, according to a new study led by Linköping University in Sweden.
Linköping UniversityDec 6 2024 Two types of neurons in the skin may be particularly important for how the brain interprets social contact between people, according to a new study led by Linköping University in Sweden. Knowledge of how the nervous system processes the information in social touch is important in order to develop ways to restore sensation.
Her research is about how the nervous system processes the information we get through skin sensation. She wants to understand the code that the nervous system uses to process the social signals in touch. Researchers at the University of Virginia, led by Greg Gerling, then trained a machine learning model in trying to distinguish between the six touch patterns, based only on how an individual neuron encoded the information, that is, what the nerve signalling looked like.
Neurons that react to impressions from the outside world differ in various ways. For example, some neurons quickly "tire" of constant stimulation and stop sending signals to the brain. We can notice this when the sense of smell quickly adapts to a scent, and we stop perceiving it. One sensory neuron, which seems important in distinguishing between different kinds of social touch, quickly adapts in this way.
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