Abstract
Primary afferent fibres responding to high-threshold noxious stimuli (noxious thermal, mechanical, chemical) are called nociceptors. They either belong to Aδ or C fibres. These fibres may have specialised nerve endings like Meissner’s corpuscles and Pacinian corpuscles. Nociceptors have their cell bodies in the dorsal horn. Stimulation of Aδ fibres leads to localised, sharp, pricking pain, whereas C fibres are involved with dull or poorly localised pain.
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Gupta, R. (2014). Nociceptors. In: Pain Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55061-4_2
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