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Initial processing of nociceptive information occurs in the spinal cord dorsal horn by excitatory and inhibitory interneurons.
Many neurons in lamina V also receive nociceptive input from visceral structures.
However, no nociceptive stimulation was applied in our protocol, and we therefore can not exclude the possibility that insufficient enkephalin was released to provoke the internalization of the δ-opioid receptor.
The patient's description, physical findings, and the results of laboratory tests and imaging studies will usually be sufficient for a provisional diagnosis [ 16 ] . Nociceptive pain involves direct stimulation of intact mechanical, chemical, or thermal nociceptors, and transmission of electrical signals along normally functioning nerves.
Thus, for example, the presence of NK in the nucleus of the solitary tract, the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus, the periaqueductal gray, the spinal trigeminal nucleus, the interpeduncular nucleus, the substantia nigra, the parabrachial nucleus, and the superior and inferior colliculi indicates that NK could be involved in a broad range of physiological functions such as in cardiovascular, anti-nociceptive, nociceptive, motor, respiratory, visual and auditory mechanisms.