Publications by authors named "Yi-Lun Yi"
Itch serves as a self-protection mechanism against harmful external agents, whereas uncontrolled and persistent itch severely influences the quality of life of patients and aggravates their diseases. Unfortunately, the existing treatments are largely ineffective. The current difficulty in treatment may be closely related to the fact that the central neural mechanisms underlying itch processing, especially descending inhibition of itch, are poorly understood.
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- Scientists studied how anxiety from tumors in mice affects their cancer growth!
- They found that certain brain cells (CRH neurons) get super active when there's a tumor, which makes the mice more anxious!
- Using special techniques, they showed that reducing this brain activity can help lower both anxiety and tumor growth, and they even found that an antianxiety medicine might help slow down cancer!
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- Itch is a strange and annoying feeling that scientists have been studying to figure out how it works in our brains.
- Researchers discovered that a part of the brain called the prelimbic cortex (PrL) plays a big role in how we feel and respond to itchiness.
- They found out that focusing on other things can actually change how we experience itch, showing that certain brain cells manage both our attention and our itchy feelings.