Editing Thermoreceptor (section)

==Location==
In humans, along the axons of [[Lissauer's tract]] temperature or pressure sensations enter the spinal cord. The Lissauer's tract will synapse on first-order neurons in [[grey matter]] of the [[Posterior horn of spinal cord|dorsal horn]], one or two vertebral levels up. The axons of these second-order neurons then [[decussation|decussate]], joining the [[spinothalamic tract]] as they ascend to neurons in the [[ventral posterolateral nucleus]] of the [[thalamus]].

In mammals, temperature receptors innervate various tissues including the skin (as [[Cutaneous receptor|cutaneous receptors]]), [[cornea]] and [[urinary bladder]]. Neurons from the pre-optic and hypothalamic regions of the brain that respond to small changes in temperature have also been described, providing information on core temperature. The hypothalamus is involved in [[thermoregulation]], the thermoreceptors allowing [[Feed forward (control)|feed-forward]] responses to a predicted change in core body temperature in response to changing environmental conditions.