Key Terms
9.1
Somatosensory Receptors
somatosensory receptors ,
primary afferents ,
free nerve endings ,
Merkel disk ,
Meissner’s corpuscle ,
Ruffini endings ,
Pacinian corpuscle ,
hair cells ,
mechanoreceptor ,
nociceptor ,
glutamate ,
substance P (SP) ,
calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) ,
capsaicin ,
vasodilatation ,
plasma extravasation ,
TRPV1 ,
piezo channels
9.2
Somatosensation in the Central Nervous System
Dorsal root ,
dorsal root ganglion ,
dorsal horn neuron ,
Gate control theory ,
STT ,
VPL/VPM of the thalamus ,
PAG ,
LC ,
NRM ,
S1 ,
S2 ,
posterior parietal cortex ,
limbic system
9.3
Pain and Itch
Pain ,
nociceptive pain ,
neuropathic pain ,
itch ,
histamine ,
cowhage Congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP) ,
congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) ,
Limbic system ,
DSM-IV ,
major depressive disorder (MDD) ,
dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) ,
serotonin (5-HT) ,
norepinephrine (NE)
9.4
Pain Relief
Placebos ,
opioids ,
endorphins ,
cannabinoids ,
capsaicin ,
magnetic stimulation ,
spinal cord stimulation (SCS) ,
transcranial electrical stimulation ,
motor cortex stimulation (MCS) ,
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) ,
decompression ,
ablation
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