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Abstract
The electrical activity of 41 mechanosensitive afferent units was recored using an in vitro preparation of the guinea-pig's ureter. The conduction velocities of these fibres were found to be in the C-fibre range. Only 4 of them responded to contractions of the ureter. The activation threshold of the units to intraluminal (i.l.) pressure varied between 3 and 50 mm Hg. It is concluded that some of these afferent fibres might be involved in the signalling of nociceptive events.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3218603 DOI: 10.1007/bf01965024
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Agents Actions ISSN: 0065-4299