When it comes to feeling pain, touch or an itch, location matters

(Salk Institute) When you touch a hot stove, your hand reflexively pulls away; if you miss a rung on a ladder, you instinctively catch yourself. Both motions take a fraction of a second and require no forethought. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute have mapped the physical organization of cells in the spinal cord that help mediate these and similar critical " sensorimotor reflexes. "
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news