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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References
- ↑ Wikipedia: Nociception http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nociception