Rapid Pain Signaling (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

Linköping University

Rapid Pain Signaling (1 of 2)

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In the study, researchers at Linköping University looked for nerve cells that had the ability to detect and encode noxious mechanical stimuli, but conducted signals as rapidly as the nerve cells that detect touch.

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Charlotte Perhammar/LiU

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