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In nervous systems, afferent signals or nerve fibers carry information toward the brain or a particular brain structure. A touch or painful stimulus, for example, creates a sensation in the brain, only after information about the stimulus travels there via afferent nerve pathways. Efferent nerves and signals carry information away from the brain or a particular brain structure.
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(2007). Afferent Projections. In: Schmidt, R., Willis, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pain. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29805-2_124
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