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MeSH Heading: Nociception
Tree Number(s): F02.463.593.504.500
Unique ID: D059225
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D059225
Annotation: NOCICEPTIVE PAIN is also available
Scope Note: Sensing of noxious mechanical, thermal or chemical stimuli by NOCICEPTORS. It is the sensory component of visceral and tissue pain (NOCICEPTIVE PAIN).
Entry Term(s): Nociperception
Previous Indexing: Pain (1966-2011)
Public MeSH Note: 2012
History Note: 2012
Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/06/24
Revision Date: 1955/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

ethics (ES)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Nociception MeSH Descriptor Data 2025