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neuron

Another name for a nerve cell.



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But C-LTMRs aren't usually used to detect light touch - this falls to another major group of sensory neurons - so their role was unclear.
When nociceptors are stimulated, signals are transmitted through sensory neurons in the spinal cord and are ultimately relayed to the thalamus in the brain and perception of pain takes place.
Sensory neurons typically have a long dendrite and a short axon, which carry?
 
 
 
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