Abstract
Electrophysiological methods that resolve problems of current spread were used to reinvestigate recent claims that over 40% of myelinated afferent neurons in rats have dichotomizing axons in which branches are maintained in two separate hindlimb nerves. Out of a sample of about 6400 axons recorded in rat hindlimb nerves including 3641 myelinated afferents, 14 axons were found to have a branch in both the sciatic nerve and a second somatic nerve. Examples were found of dichotomizing myelinated afferents, myelinated efferents and unmyelinated afferents.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 187-192 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Neuroscience Letters |
Volume | 49 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 24 Aug 1984 |
Keywords
- dichotomizing afferent fiber
- neuroma
- peripheral nerve
- primary afferent
- rat
- sensory neuron