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Nociceptors are peripheral somatosensory neurons that detect noxious and harmful stimuli, and whose activation leads to pain.
Basbaum et al. 2009 Cell 139: 267-284

Nociceptors can communicate with the vasculature and immune cells through neuropeptides to induce neurogenic inflammation or immunomodulation.
Pinho-Ribeiro et al. 2017 Trends Immunol. 38: 5-19