nociception

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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 pain

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