Star-cells 'shine' to make sense of touch

Tuesday, September 8, 2020 - 16:30 in Biology & Nature

A research group reports a rather surprise finding as to how GABA works to control the tactile sense. GABA, known for its inhibitory function, actually enhances the sensory input processing by accelerating the signal processing and sharpening the sensitivity of signal magnitude.

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