Do Crustaceans Feel Pain? Study Demonstrates Existence of Nociceptive Responses in Shore Crabs

Do Crustaceans Feel Pain? Study Demonstrates Existence of Nociceptive Responses in Shore Crabs
Carcinus maenas. Image credit: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nociceptors are receptors that detect injurious stimuli and are necessary to convey such information from the periphery to the central nervous system.

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 Nociceptors are receptors that detect injurious stimuli and are necessary to convey such information from the periphery to the central nervous system.
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