Compare pain receptors with other type of somatic receptors.?
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Mostly epithelial motifications for collecting sensory impulses which are synaptic..an action potential forms after depolarization caused by a threshold stimulus
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As far as I know, no -- since pain is fairly subjective, most pain measurement relies on people's responses to a questionnaire, scale of 1-10, etc.
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If you are thinking something like a thermometer or blood pressure cuff, there is no such way to measure pain. Most health care institutions use a "pain scale" of 1 to 10, with 1 being "No pain at all" and 10 being "The worst pain there could ever be". You ask the patient to tell you how bad the pain is (or was), from 1 to 10. There are tools to help patients use the pain scale, like photos and drawings of people having different levels of pain.
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It seems there is uncertainty in this area of research, see http://www.aboutweblogs.com/genetics/item/2005/8/24/melanocortin-1-gene-for-red-hair-and-pain-tolerance, or if that doesn't work, this: http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:dDXZPgL1ImgJ:www.aboutweblogs.com/genetics/item/2005/8/24/melanocortin-1-gene-for-red-hair-and-pain-tolerance+redhead+pain+tolerance&hl=en\n\nTwo experiments found contradictaory results for the effects of a gene specific for red hair in women. Neither experiment has a very good base of subjects, but it looks like the answer is "we don't know"\n\nMore discussion on this can be seen here: http://www.barbelith.com/topic/12106\n\nIt should also be noted that certain individuals of any hair color can have a much higher pain threshold than the general population.
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Sensory = afferent and dorsal\nMotor = efferent and ventral
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I think you mean neurons... : )\n\nSensory neurons\nThese run from the various types of stimulus receptors, e.g., \ntouch \nodor \ntaste \nsound \nvision \nto the central nervous system (CNS), the brain and spinal cord. \n\nhttp://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/N/Neurons.html\n\n\ncheck out the above page for more info on neurons. Its fascinating!
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http://www.jimmyr.com/endorphins.php
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Prescription Drugs and Pain Medications\nhttp://www.webmd.com/content/article/75/89652.htm
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That depends on your resistance to codeine.  I have been prescribed T3, T7.5, T10, and even T15.  In spite of the greater strength of the others, T3 has always worked best for me.  It also depends on where the pain is located.  Codeine isn't a deadener to every type of pain.
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Afferent (sensory) nerves originate from the dorsal (back) horn. They are classified as pseudounipolar cells and the cell body of the neuron is a bit farther from the dendrites. The dorsal root ganglion is a collection of the cell bodies for the sensory pseudounipolar cells. All sensory nerves have ganglia.
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B) receptor; neurotransmitter\n\nThe same neurotransmitter can have different effects on different tissues. A single neurotransmitter can generally bind to a number of different receptors. These receptors are localized in specific parts of the body (e.g. there would be different receptors for a neurotransmitter in the brain than there would be in the genitals). These different receptors cause different responses when bound to neurotransmitter.
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Here's quick view of the process - it's more complicated then you'd think! College level biology is required as a minimum. For more info there's LOTS on the web. Search for the terms classified in wikipedia's article on "sensory receptor" = thermoreceptor, nociceptor, etc.
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MAN I FEEL FOR YOU I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH R.S,D FOR YEARS NOW . WHICH IS A NERVE DISE. I,M GOING IN DEC.1 TO HAVE ASPINAL CORD STIMULATOR PUT IN TO SEE IF IT WILL CUT DOWN THE SOME SO I CAN GET OFF THE PAIN  MEDS OR CUT DOWN ON HOW MUCH I,M TAKING A DAY.IT SUCKS BUT WHAT CAN YA DO .E MAIL ME AT ICDDPPL1995 @YAHOO.COM.GOOD JUCK
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somatic (which means body) sensory neurons gather the input or the stimulus of an event while motor neurons react to the stimulus...\nsay you put your hand on a hot stove...the neurons on your hand detect the heat and send the message up to your brain...your brain encodes the message saying that it's too hot and if you keep your hand there it will cause pain and damge your body...so the brain activates the motor neurons to make your hand react (it makes your hand pull away so that your hand isn't minimally damaged)...this process takes milliseconds!
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They receive and react to the reception of stimuli. For example, rods and cone cells of the retina receive light, taste and smell receptors. The skin contains several types of receptor cells.\nThere are various types of receptor cells within the body too; proprioreceptors of the musculo-skeletal system, chemoreceptors involved in homeostsis, etc.\nOnce stimulated, receptor cells initiate an action potential in an associated sensory neurone.
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most analgesics (pain killers) are narcotics while others are salicylate and synthetic drugs.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analgesic\nhttp://www.encyclopedia.com/html/a1/analgesi.asp\nhttp://arthritis.about.com/od/analgesic/g/analgesic.htm\n\n<Best Answer> cause very few other users even knew what 'analgesic' meant until they read my post.
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ugggh- i had them last year.  He can take advil- that will help, but mine were so awful that they gave me vicodin.    I also had this stuff that my mother in law gave me (she's a physical theraptist)- it's called biofreeze.  that stuff was great for the pain and the itching.