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What are nociceptors?

What are nociceptors? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. plural of nociceptor
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These substances stimulate the nociceptors at the related area and lead to local sensitivity.
Thus, the mechanical compression of bone tissues and the algogenic substances released by the bone environment and tumor at day 8 are not sufficient to exacerbate nociceptors and stimulate abnormal neuronal firing.
Fish, like humans, have nociceptors which detect painful stimuli that respond to chemicals, heat and pressure.
The transduction of noxious stimuli begins with peripheral nociceptors.
Abstract Capsaicin, the pungent ingredient of hot peppers, has long been used to identify nociceptors.
The skin also has pain receptors called nociceptors Pain is a subjective perception of an unpleasant sensation which originates in a specific region of the body.

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