9.7: Key Terms

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    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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