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nociception
Function: - process of pain transmission usually involving initiation by a receptive neuron (nocireceptor) for painful sensations - neural processes of encoding & processing noxious stimuli - nocireptors transmit a signal to the spinal cord & the brain, - triggers a variety of autonomic responses - produces subjective experience of painRelated
nociceptive painGeneral
somatosensation (somatosensory)References
- Wikipedia: Nociception http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nociception