"Nociceptors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Peripheral AFFERENT NEURONS which are sensitive to injuries or pain, usually caused by extreme thermal exposures, mechanical forces, or other noxious stimuli. Their cell bodies reside in the DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA. Their peripheral terminals (NERVE ENDINGS) innervate target tissues and transduce noxious stimuli via axons to the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
| Descriptor ID |
D009619
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.675.650.915.875 A08.800.950.875 A11.671.650.915.875
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| Concept/Terms |
Nociceptors- Nociceptors
- Nociceptor
- Pain Receptors
- Pain Receptor
- Receptors, Pain
- Nociceptive Neurons
- Neuron, Nociceptive
- Neurons, Nociceptive
- Nociceptive Neuron
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nociceptors" by people in Profiles.
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An in vitro platform for characterizing axonal electrophysiology of individual human iPSC-derived nociceptors. Biosens Bioelectron. 2025 Aug 01; 281:117418.
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor stimulation: A new approach for stimulating tear secretion in dry eye disease. Ocul Surf. 2022 07; 25:58-64.
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Precision spinal gene delivery-induced functional switch in nociceptive neurons reverses neuropathic pain. Mol Ther. 2022 08 03; 30(8):2722-2745.
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The mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo2 mediates sensitivity to mechanical pain in mice. Sci Transl Med. 2018 10 10; 10(462).
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Tachykinin acts upstream of autocrine Hedgehog signaling during nociceptive sensitization in Drosophila. Elife. 2015 Nov 17; 4:e10735.
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The anoctamin family channel subdued mediates thermal nociception in Drosophila. J Biol Chem. 2015 Jan 23; 290(4):2521-8.
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Balancing GRK2 and EPAC1 levels prevents and relieves chronic pain. J Clin Invest. 2013 Dec; 123(12):5023-34.
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Hedgehog signaling regulates nociceptive sensitization. Curr Biol. 2011 Sep 27; 21(18):1525-33.
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Peripheral and central sensitization in remote spinal cord regions contribute to central neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury. Pain. 2009 Dec 15; 147(1-3):265-76.
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Plasticity and emerging role of BKCa channels in nociceptive control in neuropathic pain. J Neurochem. 2009 Jul; 110(1):352-62.