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! Nerve Fibre !! Myelin !! Diameter (ยตm) !! Conduction velocity (m/s) !! General Function
! Nerve Fibre !! Myelin !! Diameter (ยตm) !! Conduction velocity (m/s) !! General Function
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| Aฮฑ (I) || Yes ย || 13-20 ย || 80-120 || muscle spindle primary endings, golgi tendon organs, touch, and alpha motor neurons.
| Aฮฑ (I) || Yes ย || 13-20 ย || 80-120 || Proprioception: muscle spindle primary endings (Ia), golgi tendon organs (Ib), and alpha motor neurons ย 
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| Aฮฒ (II) ย || Yes ย || 6-12 ย || 35-75 || Discriminative sensitivity to mechanical stimuli (touch, vibration), pain modulation (block nociceptive information, allodynia in sensitisation)
| Aฮฒ (II) ย || Yes ย || 6-12 ย || 35-75 || Discriminative sensitivity to mechanical stimuli (touch, vibration), pain modulation (block nociceptive information, allodynia in sensitisation)

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Characteristics of peripheral nerve fibres
Nerve Fibre Myelin Diameter (ยตm) Conduction velocity (m/s) General Function
Aฮฑ (I) Yes   13-20   80-120 Proprioception: muscle spindle primary endings (Ia), golgi tendon organs (Ib), and alpha motor neurons
Aฮฒ (II)   Yes   6-12   35-75 Discriminative sensitivity to mechanical stimuli (touch, vibration), pain modulation (block nociceptive information, allodynia in sensitisation)
Aฮณ   Yes   4-8   15-40 Touch, pressure, and gamma motor neurons.
Aฮด (III) Thin 1-5 5-30 "rapid" pain, crude touch, pressure, temperature. AMH type I for rapid mechanical pain (high heat threshold >53C), AMH type II for rapid heat pain (lower heat threshold 43-47C).
B No 1-3 3-14 preganglionic autonomic
C (IV) No 0.2-1.5 0.5-2.0 "second" pain, mechanical, chemical, thermal, pruritis, and postganglionic autonomic. polymodal