3. Physiology
        3.11. Neurophysiology
3.11.9. QN: Pain

QN: Pain

 

Nociceptor -> 1st order neuron

Synapse in dorsal horn

2nd order neuron crosses, then ascends to thalamus

Synapse again in synapse.

 

Definition: Pain is an unpleasant sensory AND emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage

 



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