Definitions
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- adjective Pain-causing; painful in nature.
- adjective In relation to level of
hypersensitivity to pain.
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Examples
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After only a single agonistic episode, resident mice are hyper-algesic on a hotplate, whereas defeated intruders show a hypo-algesic behavioral response
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While TRPV1 transformed cells exposed to CAP showed readily detectable fluorescence changes, neither untransformed HaCaT cells, nor primary keratinocytes responded to this algesic vanilloid substance.
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2+ / Na+channel that, triggered by algesic endo -, and exovanilloids, moderate heat, inflammatory mediators and tissue acidification, transduces pain signals in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) [1].
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