nociception

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  • CGRP blockers in migraine therapy: where do they act [quest] 5-htreceptor ac adrenergicreceptor arrestin att20 behavior calcium-channel cannabinoid cgrp chronic desensitzation diplomarbeit electrophysiology endocytosis girk gpcrs grk ha-antibody internalization kinase mapk migraine moh nociception opioid pag pain pathways review serotonin sodiumchannel tolerance triptans CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • This hard-wired injury detection mode for pain is called "nociception", meaning detection of harm, while the nerves which detect the damage are called nociceptor nerves ( "nociceptors" for short). —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • The idea that some anaesthetists propound that the stress response, spinal metabolic changes and autonomic changes are sufficient to diagnose "pain", when the person is under general anaesthesia, indicates that even in scientific circles there is no consensus about the difference between nociception and pain. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Transmission of nociception (pain) signals in the central nervous system —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Feinstein and colleagues found that nociception could also, "activate generalized autonomic responses independently of the relay of pain to conscious levels" causing "pallor, sweating, bradycardia, a drop in blood pressure, subjective" faintness, "nausea and syncope" gate control theory of pain, proposed by Patrick Wall and Ron Melzack, postulates that nociception (pain) is "gated" by non-nociception stimuli such as vibration. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
 

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