Template:Sensory Nerve Fibres
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- Characteristics of sensory nerve fibres
| Nerve fibre | Myelinated axons | Diameter (µm) | Conduction velocity (m/s) | Sensory information | Usefulness of electroneuromyography | Usefulness of QST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aα | Yes | 13-20 | 80-120 | Proprioception, muscle spindle primary endings (Ia), golgi tendon organs (Ib) (and alpha motor neurons) | Yes (H reflex) | No |
| Aβ | Yes | 6-12 | 33-75 | Discriminative mechanoreception (touch, vibration), proprioception, pain modulation (block nociceptive information, allodynia in sensitisation) | Yes (sensory nerve conduction) | Yes |
| Aγ | Yes | 4-8 | 15-40 | Touch, pressure (and gamma motor neurons) | No | |
| Aδ | Thin | 1-5 | 3-30 | "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). | No | Yes |
| C | No | 0.3-1.5 | 0.5-2.0 | "slow" pain, touch, pressure temperature (and postganglionic autonomic). Polymodal. | No | Yes |
