Term Information

Accession
GO:0050955
Name
thermoception
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
thermoreception
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The series of events required for an organism to receive a temperature stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Thermoception in larger animals is mainly done in the skin; mammals have at least two types of sensor, for detecting heat (temperatures above body temperature) and cold (temperatures below body temperature). Source: Wikipedia:Thermoception, GOC:ai
Comment
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History
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Subset
None
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Parents of thermoception (GO:0050955)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
thermoception [is_a relation] is_a  sensory perception of temperature stimulus (GO:0050951)
Children of thermoception (GO:0050955)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
detection of temperature stimulus involved in thermoception (GO:0050960) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  thermoception
sensory perception of hot stimulus (GO:0062036) [is_a relation] is_a  thermoception
sensory perception of cold stimulus (GO:0062035) [is_a relation] is_a  thermoception
Wikipedia
Thermoception