efferent fiber


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Synonyms for efferent fiber

a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands

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(1977), who compared the conduction velocity in the efferent fibers of the right and left forelimbs of 38 human participants.
We simultaneously performed surgical resection of the CG and MSG, ganglia from which efferent fibers are projected towards the proximal part of the digestive tract of the rat (12,14).
(2,12) It is generally believed to be a polysynaptic reflex generated in the deep layers of the skin by activation of sweat glands via sudomotor sympathetic efferent fibers. (13) Despite the interest of many researchers in clarifying the pathways and different aspects of SSR, we found no articles on why the latency of the responses recorded from the soles is more prolonged than that of the palms and its significance when interpreting a test.
Renal sympathetic nerves include afferent and efferent fibers. Excessive activation of afferent fibers of the renal sympathetic nerves can enhance the activity of central sympathetic nervous system, which makes the systemic sympathetic nerves highly active and increases epinephrine release.
Sobotka said that studies in kidney transplant recipients indicate that while there is some regrowth of efferent fibers with partial neurologic activity, the outbound afferent fibers have little or no ability to reconnect.