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 pain

More general terms

• somatosensation (somatosensory)

Additional terms

• nociceptive