| The source of pain determines the type of nociceptor involved. |
| Once stimulated, nociceptors fife action potentials that travel along the nociceptor fibre to the dorsal horn of the spinal cord. |
| Analgesia by direct antagonism of nociceptor sensitization involves the arginine-NO-cGMP pathway. |
| Pain sensation begins with the stimulation of a nociceptor, or nerve ending, and resultant activation of a sensory nerve. |
| Nociceptor stimulation triggers action potentials in sensory nerve fibres that transmit impulses to the dorsal horn of the spinal cord. |
| Whether the drugs work or not, the specter of addiction is very real, as is the potential for irreversible changes in nociceptor pathways within the central nervous system. |
