TRPM8, a key cold-sensing protein in nerve cells, activates to send “cold” signals to the brain when exposed to low ...

The ability to sense environmental temperature, which helps animals move away from suboptimal locations and find those with ...

In A Nutshell Your sense of cold comes from a single protein, TRPM8, which opens in response to cool temperatures and menthol. New research shows this protein doesn’t just “switch on” but actually ...

A research team led by Félix Viana, co-director of the Sensory Transduction and Nociception laboratory at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint research center of the Spanish National Research ...

Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche A research team led by Félix Viana, co-director of the Sensory Transduction and Nociception laboratory at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint research ...

You know the type—or maybe you are the type. The person bundled in layers while everyone else looks comfortable, the one always asking to adjust the thermostat, the notorious office sweater collector.

Most people have had that moment where everyone around them seems comfortable, maybe even warm, while they’re quietly reaching for a sweater. The AC is set at a normal temperature. No one else is ...