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The book's emphasis that pain, especially chronic pain, is more than a simple sensation resulting from the noxious stimulation of sensory receptors can be a helpful reminder when treating patients whose symptoms and signs fail to respond to conventional therapies. Microscopically, it is made up of an epithelial parenchyma that is embedded in a highly organized connective tissue stroma rich in nerves and sensory receptors (figure). The identification of a novel sensory receptor on human sperm, along with compounds that trigger it or block its action, constitute a "landmark event," says Donner F. |
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