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Pain Signaling
Peripheral sensitization raises pain response. Hyperalgesia means a stronger pain response at a lower stimulus intensity, so the dose-response curve shifts leftward. In the graph, P is left of Q; therefore P represents the hyperalgesic state and Q can represent the normal response. Platypus venom is known to cause intense, prolonged hypersensitivity, matching P.
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