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Study Traces a Neural Circuit Behind Green Light–Mediated Pain Relief

A mouse study concludes color-detecting cones in the eye and a subset of neurons in the brain’s thalamus are why green light exposure has an analgesic effect.

Study Traces a Neural Circuit Behind Green Light–Mediated Pain Relief

Study Traces a Neural Circuit Behind Green Light–Mediated Pain Relief

A mouse study concludes color-detecting cones in the eye and a subset of neurons in the brain’s thalamus are why green light exposure has an analgesic effect.

A mouse study concludes color-detecting cones in the eye and a subset of neurons in the brain’s thalamus are why green light exposure has an analgesic effect.

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Specialized Brain Circuit Makes Mice Itchy When They See Others Scratch

Dan Robitzski | Oct 12, 2022 | 4 min read

A previously undetected pathway in the mouse brain bypasses the visual cortex to directly activate contagious itch.

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Neurons Simplify Visual Signals by Responding to Only One Retina

Anne N. Connor | Oct 1, 2021 | 2 min read

Mice have neurons that connect to both eyes but only propagate the signal from one or the other, simplifying the information sent to the cerebral cortex.

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