Our brains commonly receive sensory stimuli from our visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, and somatosensory systems. Remarkably, specialized receptors have evolved to transmit sensory inputs from each of these sensory systems. Sensory receptors code four aspects of a stimulus:. Receptors are sensitive to discrete stimuli and are often classified by both the systemic function and the location of the receptor. Sensory receptors are found throughout our bodies, and sensory receptors that share a common location often share a common function.
For example, sensory receptors in the retina are almost entirely photoreceptors. Our skin includes touch and temperature receptors, and our inner ears contain sensory mechanoreceptors designed for detecting vibrations caused by sound or used to maintain balance. Force -sensitive mechanoreceptors provide an example of how the placement of a sensory receptor plays a role in how our brains process sensory inputs.
While the cutaneous touch receptors found in the dermis and epidermis of our skin and the muscle spindles that detect stretch in skeletal muscle are both mechanoreceptors, they serve discrete functions.
In both cases, the mechanoreceptors detect physical forces that result from the movement of the local tissue, cutaneous touch receptors provide information to our brain about the external environment, while muscle spindle receptors provide information about our internal environment.
Muscle spindle : Mammalian muscle spindle showing typical position in a muscle left , neuronal connections in spinal cord middle , and an expanded schematic right.
The spindle is a stretch receptor with its own motor supply consisting of several intrafusal muscle fibers. The sensory endings of a primary group Ia afferent and a secondary group II afferent coil around the non-contractile central portions of the intrafusal fibers.
Expression of pain intensity in just noticeable differences JNDs at different intensities of stimulus A. Response of single nocineurons to incremental temperature intensity B. The cell bodies of the primary afferent pain neurons from the body, face, and head are located in the dorsal root ganglia DRG and in the trigeminal ganglia respectively. Some of these cell bodies give rise to myelinated axons A delta fibers , and others give rise to unmyelinated axons C fibers.
The free nerve endings arise from both A delta fibers and the unmyelinated C fibers, which are scattered together Figure 6. Their receptive fields are small. Therefore, they provide precise localization of pain. C fibers group IV fibers are 0.
Two classes of C-fibers have been identified. The receptive field of these neurons is large and, therefore, less precise for pain localization. Upon entering the spinal cord, the pain fibers bifurcate and ascend and descend to several segments, forming part of the tract of Lissauer before synapsing on neurons on Rexed layers I to II. In general, nociceptors responding to noxious stimuli transmit the information to the CNS via A delta fibers, which make synaptic connections to neurons in Rexed layer I nucleus posterior marginalis.
The nociceptors responding to chemical or thermal stimuli i. One class of C fibers terminates in Rexed layer I, and the second class terminates in Rexed layer II substantia gelatinosa. These fibers release substance P, glutamate, aspartate calcitonin gene related peptide CGRP , vasoactive intestinal polypeptide VIP , and nitric oxide. Two sequential pain sensations in short time intervals is the result of sudden painful stimulation. The first one is immediately after the damage.
It is followed several seconds later with additional pain sensation. These two separate sensations are several seconds apart because a fast transmitting information sensation is carried via A delta fibers and is followed several seconds later with slow transmitting pain information carried via C fibers.
The synaptic terminals of the axons of the dorsal root ganglion, which carry noxious information arriving to Rexed layers I and II Figure 6. These agents activate the nocineurons. The release of glutamate excites the nocineurons. Furthermore, SP receptors neurokinin receptors and NMDA receptors glutamate interact which result that the NMDA receptors will become more sensitive to glutamate, which results in central sensitization.
The functions of these peptides are largely unknown but they presumably mediate slow, modulatory synaptic actions in the dorsal horn neurons. The neuropeptides are always co-localized with other "classical" neurotransmitters.
Rexed lamina I contains a higher proportion of nociceptive specific neurons, whereas Rexed lamina II contains predominantly multi-receptive wide dynamic range neurons. The nociceptive-specific neurons alert the subject when a stimulus is noxious, and the multi-receptive neurons provide the subject with information about the parameters of the noxious stimulus. In general, C fibers release neuropeptides such as substance P whereas the A delta fibers release glutamate.
Prostaglandins is the answer because aspirin blocks the prostaglandins release from the damaged tissue. Prostaglandins activate the nociceptors. Aspirin has no effect on other chemicals released at the damage site. The reason for double pain sensation is that two different fibers A delta and C fibers carries pain sensation at different speed.
Al the other pains deep, visceral, burning, aching are carried via C fibers. Globulin B. Dopamine C. The telltale symptoms of sciatic nerve pain are severe pain in your back, buttocks, and legs.
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Health Conditions Discover Plan Connect. Nociceptive Pain. Medically reviewed by Deborah Weatherspoon, Ph. Injuries that cause nociceptive pain include: bruises burns fractures pain caused by overuse or joint damage, such as arthritis or sprains When activated by stimuli, nociceptors notify the brain about the injury with electrical signals sent via the peripheral and central nervous system CNS. Nociceptive vs Neuropathic. J Clin Invest. Fein A. May Garland EL. Prim Care. Your Privacy Rights.
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