Sentences with phrase «pain fibers»

This effect is known as «gate control» theory, which proposes that acupuncture can block the action of pain fibers in the spinal cord.

They can receive signals from itch fibers and also pain fibers,» says study coauthor and neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins University Xinzhong Dong.

However, UVB irradiation does not give rise to spontaneous activity in pain fibers of C - type, while this is the case after topical application of capsaicin.

Hip dysplasia is painful in young dogs because abnormal wear of joint cartilage exposes pain fibers in underlying bone and laxity causes stretching of surrounding soft tissues.

Gary Lewin, a neuroscientist at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association in Berlin, began working with naked mole rats because a friend in Chicago was finding that the rodent's pain fibers were not the same as other mammals».

The net result is that a cold stimulus elicits cold but not pain sensations, even though some pain fibers are initially turned on.

The central nervous system can be confused or fooled when these pain fibers are stimulated by a chemical, like that in chile peppers, which triggers an ambiguous neural response.

Those receptors are pain fibers, technically known as polymodal nociceptors.

According to the gate theory of pain, touch and pain fibers are anatomically different but transmit to some of the same neurons in the central nervous system.

Binding of anti-GD2 monoclonal antibodies to these pain fibers causes severe pain and is the major side effect of these agents.

In most cases, pain fibers are not affect and so painful stimuli are perceived.

I also accept Dr. Bowlsby's opinion that, while they should have healed long ago, the pain fibers in some people do not turn off over time and sometimes get worse.