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Afferent nerve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the nervous system, afferent neurons (otherwise known as sensory or receptor neurons), carry nerve impulses from receptors or sense organs toward the central nervous system. This term can also ...
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Efferent nerve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the nervous system, efferent nerves – otherwise known as motor or effector neurons – carry nerve impulses away from the central nervous system to effectors such as muscles or glands (and also t...
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Consequently, we previously proposed a mechanism of increased sensitivity of the afferent nerves in patients with airway symptoms induced by scents and chemicals and suggested using the term "sensory hyperreactivity" (SHR;
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Afferent nerves are one of the two types of peripheral nerves (those not in the brain or spinal cord) - the other type of nerves are called efferent nerves.
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afferent - of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses" ... afferent nerve fibers; Afferent nerves; Afferent nerves; Afferent nerves; Afferent nerves; afferent nervous activity; afferent nervous activity; afferent nervous activity;
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ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Kazuya Tanase and colleagues from Fukui, Japan demonstrated that estrogen deficiency may cause up-regulation of C-fiber afferent activity from the bladder that can result in bladder hypersensitivity.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on afferent nerve (anatomy), ...spinal cord constitute the central system, while the peripheral system is composed of (1) the cerebrospinal nerves that go to the spinal cord (afferent nerves), transmitting sensory stimuli and those that come from the cord (efferent nerves) transmitting ...
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