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Small-diameter myelinated (conduction velocity 2–30 m/s, diameter below ≤4 μm) or unmyelinated (conduction velocity λτ;2 m/s, diameter λτ1–2 μm) afferent nerve fibers.
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(2008). Aδ-, C-Fibers. In: Binder, M.D., Hirokawa, N., Windhorst, U. (eds) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_9
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