An ultrafast system for signaling mechanical pain in human skin
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw1297
Abstract: Pain can be signaled as fast as touch in human peripheral nerves. The canonical view is that touch is signaled by fast-conducting, thickly myelinated afferents, whereas pain is signaled by slow-conducting, thinly myelinated (“fast” pain)… read more here.
Keywords: myelinated afferents; mechanical pain; skin; thickly myelinated ... See more keywords