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Sensory nerve

Known as: afferent nerves, nerve sensory, Nervus sensorius 
General anatomical term applied to nerves in which somatic afferent nerve fibers predominate.
National Institutes of Health

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Afferent PathwaysAfferent neuronDisorder of the optic nerve

Broader (3)

NervePeripheral Nervous Systemsensory pathway

Narrower (4)

Optic Nervecutaneous sensory nervesomatic afferent nervevisceral afferent nerve

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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Regulation of nerve growth factor synthesis and release in organ cultures of rat iris
We studied the synthesis and release of nerve growth factor (NGF) in cultured rat iris with a two-site enzyme immunoassay by… 
1983
1983
Evidence for an effect of sodium cromoglycate on sensory nerves in man.
Sodium cromoglycate was given by both intravenous injection and local intra-arterial infusion to healthy volunteers. Intravenous… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Vasodilatation in the dental pulp produced by electrical stimulation of the inferior alveolar nerve in the cat.
The effects of nerve stimulation on blood flow were studied in the dental pulp of anesthetized cats. Changes in iodide… 
1977
1977
Ultrastructure of muscle and sensory nerve in Fabry's disease
SummaryA study of a muscle biopsy has provided evidence of storage involvement of the skeletal muscle fibres in Fabry's disease… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Relationships between lead absorption and peripheral nerve conduction velocities in lead workers.
The motor sensory, and mixed nerve conduction velocities of median and posterior tibial nerves were measured in 39 lead workers… 
1966
1966
The physiology of lepidopteran muscle receptor. I. The sensory response to stretching.
There is an extensive literature concerned with various aspects of the sensory physiology of stretch receptors. This is… 
1966
1966
An analysis of impulse discharges from the spindle receptor.
1. Impulses discharged from single spindle receptors of frog's sartorius muscle were recorded during stretch at various… 
Highly Cited
1955
Highly Cited
1955
Two pathways from brain stem to gamma ventral horn cells.
Summary. Spikes in single muscle spindle afferents from the dorsal roots (cat, rabbit) or individual gamma efferents from the… 
1955
1955
Changes in the discharge from a muscle spindle produced by electrotonus in the sensory nerve
It was shown by Katz (1950b) that elongation of the muscle spindle causes a depolarization of the sensory nerve ending, and… 
1953
1953
[Effect of various afferent nerves stimuli on the composition of incretion of adrenal medulla in cat].
Der Noradrenalingehalt im Nebennierenvenenplasma von chloralosierten Katzen betrug bei Carotisabklemmung im Durchschnitt bei 11… 
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