Let's Talk About Pain | American Council on Science and Health - American Council on Science and Health

Pain is one of our senses, like vision, hearing, or taste. It promotes our survival by identifying noxious and harmful stimuli. But unlike the other sensations, it is ethically challenging to study pain; we rely on animal studies. Pain’s underlying physiology…

All sensation goes through four stages or processes; lets go through them in turn. Transduction Unlike localized, aggregated receptors of the eye (retina), ear (nerve endings of the cochlear nerve … [+7488 chars]

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