Input Mechanisms

type A fibers

myelinated, thickest & fastest

type B fibers

myelinated, medium in size

type C fibers

non myelinated, smallest, thinnest & slowest

absence of pain

injury or degenerative processes may be present with no pain

significant pain

significant pain may be present with no identifiable disease process or after tissue healing

what kind of experience is pain?

emotional experience & can develop due to emotional overload

do not classify as a psychosomatic tissue

what impacts how a person experiences an injury?

environmental issues (stress, work, anxiety, etc)

may have positive or negative influence on pain

what is ion channel expression dependent on ?

genetic coding & brain’s expression of survival needs of individual

what can increased expression of a certain channel result in?

development of sensitivity to stimulus that opens specific channel

how long is ion channel expression?

constantly changing

half life: 48 hours

homeostasis

relatively equal expression of each type of ion channel

what do ion channels have?

neuroplastic characteristics