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Asked by: Hennadiy Nouche
medical health brain and nervous system disordersCan inhibit the transmission of pain signals in the brain?
Subsequently, one may also ask, what part of the brain sends pain signals?
Nerves from the thalamus then relay the signal to various areas of the brain's somatosensory cortex -- there is no single pain center in the brain. Pain signals travel along pathways through the body. On the next page we'll learn about them. Your face has its own mini spinal-cord system called the trigeminal nerve.
Also to know is, how is pain detected and transmitted to the brain?
When we feel pain, such as when we touch a hot stove, sensory receptors in our skin send a message via nerve fibres (A-delta fibres and C fibres) to the spinal cord and brainstem and then onto the brain where the sensation of pain is registered, the information is processed and the pain is perceived.
Many current pain medications work by targeting molecules, called G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), on the surface of nerve cells. These receptors help transmit signals to the brain. Activation of opioid receptors, one type of GPCR, blocks pain.