Master gene Math1 controls framework for perceiving external and internal body parts

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 12:29 in Health & Medicine

Math1 is a master hub for the genes that control various parts of neural networks for hearing, balance, the unconscious sense of one's position in space called proprioception and in a new finding, interoception, which is associated with activities such as awakening because of a full bladder or a distended colon, according to new research.

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