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A process (and its eventual collaterals) of a neuron that conducts electrical impulses (action potentials) away from the soma (orthodromically) to its presynaptic ending(s) (forming synaptic contacts with other neurons, muscles or glands). Axons and their sheaths are called nerve fibers.
Nociceptors, Action Potentials and Post-Firing Excitability Changes
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(2007). Axon. In: Schmidt, R., Willis, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pain. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29805-2_352
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