title: Neural mechanisms of oral and facial pain.
abstract: This article reviews recent research that has identified neural elements and mechanisms concerned with oral and facial pain transmission as well as pathways and processes by which pain transmission can be modulated. The properties of the sense organs responding to noxious stimuli are outlined. Sensory pathways and the mechanisms by which the sensory information is transmitted are reviewed. Modulation of nociceptive transmission by higher brain center influences is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Sessle
mesh_terms: D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D009055:Mouth; D009420:Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000502:physiology; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000503:physiopathology