1/ Word of the Week: Dorsal Root Ganglia (DRG) Clusters of nerve cell bodies (soma) near the spinal cord that relay sensory signals - including pain - from the body to the brain. Curious what they look like in real human tissue? See thread below #NeuroSkyence #PainResearch #ChronicPain #SciComm
2/ Here is what the human spinal cord and real DRG look like in humans! Image from human donor and our journal cover in www.jpain.org/article/S152.... White arrows show the DRG, the same clusters shown in the cartoon above.
3/ DRG are where sensory neurons, including nociceptors, send their signals to the spinal cord.