nociceptors

The most widely accepted hypothesis of migraine suggests that a migraine attack is precipitated when pain-sensing nerve cells in the brain (called nociceptors) release chemicals called neuropeptides.

Migraine Headaches 2008

The sensation starts in cells called nociceptors, which respond to injury by sending electrical messages to an area in the spinal cord called the dorsal horn.

Taking A New Look At Pain 2007

Sensory nerves, called nociceptors i.e. danger receptors detect elements capable of body-tissue damage, such as pressure or extreme heat.

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Researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have found that this sensory discrimination begins in the skin at the very earliest stages of neuronal information processing, with different populations of sensory neurons-called nociceptors-responding to different kinds of painful stimuli.

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These receptors are called "nociceptors" and are free nerve endings connected to small diameter myelinated A and unmyelinated C nerve fibers - these are the nerve fibers that are LACKING in people with congenital insensitivity to pain (here is more information about nerve fibers).

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It is also possible to identify the object of perception in pain with the activation of nociceptors innervating the damaged or irritated tissue.

Pain Aydede, Murat 2009

At least one of the neurotransmitters, substance P, increases the pain sensitivity of other nearby nociceptors.

Migraine Headaches 2008

Constant strain can also activate nociceptors -- cells in the junctures between tendons, muscles and bones that become chemically sensitized and make even normal activity uncomfortable.

When Your Laptop Is a Big Pain in the Neck 2008

The skin, muscles, bones and other tissues have nerve cells, with endings that are called nociceptors.

Pain Management and Relief with the Neuro-linguistic Programming Method 2008

Calming Lotion contains the breakthrough COSMEDERM-7™, a strontium compound proven to block irritation-producing nerve endings type C nociceptors that cause itching, burning, and stinging.

The Truth About Beauty Kat James 2007