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can we distinguis A beta and c fibers working

Richard Norman rsnorman at mediaone.net
Sun Feb 4 22:55:09 EST 2001


"satish gore" <sgore at stanford.edu> wrote in message
news:3A7DE051.6B848CB at stanford.edu...
> I was wondering if we can distinguish A beta and C fiber workings?
> and also clinically,
>
> satish gore


Just what type of way do you want to "distinguish" Abeta and C fibers?
They are very different in many respects.  You can see the difference
in fiber diameter and myelination in anatomical preparations.  You
can measure the difference in conduction velocity (and ease of
stimulating and recording) in physiological preparations.  They
respond to very different sensory modalities.  They connect to
very different central pathways.  All of these can be involved in both
experimental and clinical observations.














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