Sensory Physiology PAIN pp Flashcards
Nociception
The sensory response to a noxious stimulus
Pain
Perception of nociceptive sensory info
Sensory discrimination
Perception of exteroreceptive or enteroreceptive noxious localization
Motivation affective
emotional and sympathetic responses & associated behaviors
Physical pain
transient
localized
minimal tissue damage
Inflammatory pain
Acute & Chronic
Tissue damage
Mediated by the inflammatory process
Hypersensitivity (protective promotes healing)
Neuropathic pain
Damage/alteration to the nervous system
chronic maldaptive
Types of pain
Somatic - superficial, visceral
Superficial pain
Discrete localization
Initial sharp Ad
Delayed burning C
Deep diffuse localization
Visceral pain
primarily conveyed by C type fibers
Poorly localized
Pain is referred
Free nerve endings
Elaborate a variety of receptors responsive to chemical, mechanical and/or thermal modalities
TRP Family
TRPV1 - Capsaicin TRPV2 - Capsaicin TRPV3 - Camphor TRPV4 - Camphor TRPV8 - Menthol TRPA 1 - Mustard oi
Chemical Activators
Potassium
Hydrogen down ASIC
Substance P tachykinin
Bradykinin B1
Chemical sensitizers
Prostaglandins
Leukotrienes
ATP
Other inflammators
Silent nocicecptors
Unresponsive to non noxious until it is sensitized
Responsive to inflammation then pressure and temp
Pain receptor Characteristic
Slowly adapting
High threshold
Sensitization
Primary hyperalgesia
Sensitization
An alteration of membrane that brings the resting potential closer to treshold
Primary Hyperalgesia
Increase sensitivity to noxious and non noxious stimuli in the area and immediately surround
Dorsal Horn Afferent fibers
Travel several segments above & below in Lissauer tract to allow innervation over several adjacent segments
Spinothalamic neurons w/ cell bodies in lamina V
Receive non noxious sensory information conveyed by Aa & Ab fibers
Spinothalamic neurons Other
Ad - Received by Lamina 1 & V
C - Lamina 2 & 3
Nociceptive specific
from lamina I, II, III