Mesh term Sensation
Browse to parent terms:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
Psychophysiology
Description
The process in which specialized SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS transduce peripheral stimuli (physical or chemical) into NERVE IMPULSES which are then transmitted to the various sensory centers in the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.Browse to child terms:
Breakthrough Pain
Gravity Sensing
Hearing
Mastodynia
Musculoskeletal Pain
Pain
Pleasure
Proprioception
Smell
Taste
Thermosensing
Touch
Vision, Ocular
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