Abstract
Injury of a peripheral nerve interrupts the centripetal action potential conduction in axons of many sensory neurons. Since it is the peripheral, receptive ending that is the only part of the sensory neuron specialised for action potential generation under normal conditions, one would expect proximal parts of sensory neurons to become and remain silent following injury. Consequently, patients with peripheral nerve lesions should complain of sensory deficits.
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Michaelis, M. (2002). Electrophysiological characteristics of injured peripheral nerves. In: Malmberg, A.B., Chaplan, S.R. (eds) Mechanisms and Mediators of Neuropathic Pain. Progress in Inflammation Research. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8129-6_1
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