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nociceptive

Nociceptive vs Receptive - What's the difference?

nociceptive | receptive |


As adjectives the difference between nociceptive and receptive

is that nociceptive is (of a stimulus) causing pain while receptive is .

Nociceptive vs Dysafferentation - What's the difference?

nociceptive | dysafferentation |


As an adjective nociceptive

is (of a stimulus) causing pain.

As a noun dysafferentation is

(chiropractic) abnormal afferent input as a result of joint restriction that involves a functional decrease in the activity of large diameter mechanoreceptor afferent fibers and a simultaneous functional increases in the activity of nociceptive afferent nerve fibers.