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01-30-2010, 03:50 PM
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Maybe this will help. It is Wikipedia which admitedly isn't scientific, but, it seems to explain things pretty well without too much techno speak.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_fibers
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01-30-2010, 04:12 PM
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01-31-2010, 08:09 AM
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The Washington University at St. Louis' neuromuscular website has a nice chart of types of nerve fibers:
http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/nother/axon.htm All of the C-fibers are unmyelinated; they are often referred to as "free" nerve endings, and they sense many different types of pain and temperature fluctuations. These are usually the ones examined in a skin biopsy. There are a few slighly thicker, "lightly" myelinated fibers that contribute to the sense of cooling and to sharp pain, but most of the pain/temperature loop goes through the C fibers. |
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