[libribook.com] Traumatic Scar Tissue Management 1st Edition

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Central sensitizationIncreased responsiveness of nociceptive neurons in the CNS, typified byallodynia and hyperalgesia. Another hypothesis suggests heightened sensationmay be due to neuroplastic changes resulting in the facilitated processing of painmessaging.

ChemokinesSmall molecules released by cells at the site of injury or infection which bind toreceptors on the surface of target cells, giving rise to intracellular signals thatstimulate chemotaxis.

Chemokines

Small molecules released by cells at the site of injury or infection which bind to

receptors on the surface of target cells, giving rise to intracellular signals that

stimulate chemotaxis.

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