3. Old stuff
          3.2. Old physio stuff (around 2005)
              3.2.3. Physiology
                  3.2.3.11. Neurophysiology
 3.2.3.11.9. QN: Pain 

QN: Pain

 

Nociceptor -> 1st order neuron

Synapse in dorsal horn

2nd order neuron crosses, then ascends to thalamus

Synapse again in synapse.

 

Definition: Pain is an unpleasant sensory AND emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage