noxious stimulus

collocation in English

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noxious
adjective
uk
/ˈnɒk.ʃəs/us
/ˈnɑːk.ʃəs/
Something, especially a gas or other substance, that is noxious is poisonous or ...
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stimulus
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/us
/ˈstɪm.jə.ləs/
something that causes growth ...
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Open dots, units inhibited bynoxiousstimulus; filled dots: units excited bynoxiousstimulus.
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However, they also have a greater capacity for repair once there is withdrawal of thenoxiousstimulusand reestablishment of the normal environment.
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After injury, animals develop hyperalgesia (increased responses to anoxiousstimulus).
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This is shown by rat pups, who avoid odors that they experienced in association with anoxiousstimulusprior to birth.
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The nociceptor can change from being simply anoxiousstimulusdetector to a detector of non-noxious stimuli.
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Some parts of the brain were less activated than normal patients duringnoxiousstimulusprocessing.
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This hyper-excitability can be caused by an increased neuronal response to anoxiousstimulus(hyperalgesia), a larger neuronal receptive field, or spread of the hyper-excitability to other segments.
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Pain is fundamental in a way that most commentators appreciated in terms of the universality among animals of response to noxious stimuli.
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Thalamic nucleus ventro-postero-lateralis inhibits nucleus parafascicularis response to noxious stimuli through a non-opioid pathway.
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An ill-fitting seating system can increase tone, since any noxious stimuli, such as irritation or pressure, can trigger hypertonicity.
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Over time, individuals taking opioids can develop an increasing sensitivity to noxious stimuli, even evolving a painful response to previously non-noxious stimuli (allodynia).
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The beak is a complex, functional organ with an extensive nervous supply including nociceptors that sense pain and noxious stimuli.
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During the period of tissue damage, noxious stimuli and inflammation cause an elevation of nociceptive input from the periphery to the central nervous system.
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Recording physiological changes in invertebrates in response to noxious stimuli will enhance the findings of behavioural observations and such studies should be encouraged.
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Central nervous system roles of the receptors include neurite outgrowth, receptor signaling, and excitoxic cell death resulting from noxious stimuli.
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In addition, it was found that brief noxious stimuli created an anti-itch state for more than 30 minutes.
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