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Overview of the Nervous System
Dr. Matt and Dr. Mike's Medical Podcast
The Importance of Speed in Sensory Information
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Sometimes when we look at the speed that the action potentials travel down, the amount of myelin that we pack around the axon of the nerve is important. So if for sensory information and it's fine touch, you need a high degree of discrimination. It needs to be a well-mylinated neuron because you don't want to lose this important signal. But if it's a relatively unmyelinated like a dose-yceptive. Yeah, like a pain one. We can't call it a pain. That's a subjective pain. You just need to know that an area of the body is potentially or is being damaged,. When you experience a cut on your finger,
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