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Noun Concept
Categories: Receptor cells, Nociception, Sensory receptors
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nociceptor  antinociceptic  Impulses of pain  nociceptive neuron  nociceptors
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A nociceptor is a sensory neuron that responds to damaging or potentially damaging stimuli by sending "possible threat" signals to the spinal cord and the brain. Wikipedia
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A nociceptor is a sensory neuron that responds to damaging or potentially damaging stimuli by sending "possible threat" signals to the spinal cord and the brain. Wikipedia
Sensory neuron that detects pain Wikidata
A sensory receptor that sends signals that cause the perception of pain in response to a potentially damaging stimulus. Wiktionary
IS A
cell type
sense organ
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Sherrington
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nociceptor
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nociceptor
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nociceptor
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antinociceptic, Impulses of pain, nociceptive neuron, nociceptors, Nocireceptor, nocireceptors, Pain fibers, Pain nerve, pain receptor
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nociceptors, pain receptor cell

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