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  • Title: Nociceptors and the peripheral nervous system's role in pain.
    Author: Greenspan JD.
    Journal: J Hand Ther; 1997; 10(2):78-85. PubMed ID: 9188027.
    Abstract:
    This article reviews the role that the peripheral nervous system plays in pain perception. The first section describes the functional properties of the primary sensory element-the nociceptor-and how its behavior is related to pain perception. The second section describes the current state of knowledge concerning the way our nociceptive sensing system changes as a result of tissue injury, including those changes related to sympathetic nervous system modulation of pain.
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