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Growing pains: development of the larval nocifensive response in Drosophila.
The Biological bulletin - 1 Dec 2011
Sulkowski Mikolaj J, Kurosawa Mathieu S, Cox Daniel N
Abstract excerpt
The ability to perceive and avoid harmful substances or stimuli is key to an organism's survival. The neuronal cognate of the perception of pain is known as nociception, and the reflexive motion to avoid pain is termed the nocifensive response. As the nocifensive response is an ancient and evolutionarily conserved behavioral response to nociceptive stimuli, it is amenable to study in relatively simple and...
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