Scientists find the molecule that delivers itchiness signals to the brain via a dedicated, and previously unknown, neural pathway.
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The cochlea funnels sound along the organ of corti (red), a strip of sensitive, hair-like cells which vibrate and send information to the brain, allowing people to hear.
| March 18, 2013
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