You probably know that we have a sixth sense, named proprioception, which allows us to know where we are in space and helps us "to put one foot in front of the other to walk without looking at your ...

A new study investigated how proprioceptive sensory neurons (pSNs), the cells underlying the “sixth sense”, function. Can you name all your senses? Touch, taste, smell, sight and hearing. What about ...

Knowing where our bodies are in space is critical for the control of our movements and for our sense of self. Feedback from muscle spindles and tendon organs provides information about where our ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 111, No. 47 (November 25, 2014), pp. 16877-16882 (6 pages) Mammalian locomotor programs are thought to be directed ...

Knowing where our bodies are in space is critical for the control of our movements and for our sense of self. Feedback from muscle spindles and tendon organs provides information about where our ...

Since the 1900s, neuroscientists have known that the peripheral nervous systems of tetrapods (four-footed animals) vary greatly, but how these differences affect the way that animals walk, run, or ...