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How to Stop Headaches Using Science-Based Approaches

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What Are Sensory Neurons?

Motor neurons make sure that muscles contract so that certain things happen in your body. Other types of neurons are what we call sensory neurons. Sensory neurons don't move muscles, they respond to things in the environment and they exist within us. We've got motor neurons, sensory neurons, and then the last kind of neuron is what we call modulatory neurons. These are the ones that adjust the relationship between the sensory neurons and the motor neurons to determine whether or not we do anything in response to a sensory input.

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