The entomology literature has historically suggested insects cannot feel pain, leading to
their exclusion from ethical debates and animal welfare legislation. However, there may be …

Simple Summary For prevalent livestock, animal welfare is important to consumers. With
increasing interest in edible insects, one might wonder how this concern translates to …

Our understanding of the biology of pain is limited by our ignorance about its evolution. We
know little about how states in other species showing various degrees of apparent similarity …

Nociception refers to the process of encoding and processing noxious stimuli, which allow
animals to detect and avoid potentially harmful stimuli. Several types of stimuli can trigger …

Simple Summary Decapods respond to noxious stimuli in ways that are consistent with the
experience of pain; thus, we accept the need to provide a legal framework for their protection …

Modulation of nociception allows animals to optimize chances of survival by adapting their
behaviour in different contexts. In mammals, this is executed by neurons from the brain and …

Simple Summary Simple movements require the involvement of many neurons before a
group of muscles receives the signal to contract and relax. The sensory system adds another …

Individual sensory neurons can be tuned to many stimuli, each driving unique, stimulus-
relevant behaviors, and the ability of multimodal nociceptor neurons to discriminate between …

Dendrite shape impacts functional connectivity and is mediated by organization and
dynamics of cytoskeletal fibers. Identifying the molecular factors that regulate dendritic …

Neuronal dendrites receive, integrate, and process numerous inputs and therefore serve as
the neuron's “antennae”. Dendrites display extreme morphological diversity across different …