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Meanings of afferent in English

Catalan
nervi sensorial
Spanish
aferente

A nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system.

        nervi sensorial
        Portuguese
        aferente
        Catalan
        aferent

        Of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS.

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              These neurons display a well-defined organization with respect to their afferent innervation.
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              Increasing the stimulus amplitude enhanced cutaneomotor coupling, likely by increasing afferent firing rates.
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              The results support the SPNT test as a test of cervical afferent dysfunction.
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              Therefore, DCG-IV seems to reduce preferentially transmitter release from primary afferent nerve terminals.
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              Conclusions: Reduced afferent inhibition in acute stroke correlates with long-term recovery.
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              Here we directly examined the impact of neurturin overexpression on cutaneous afferent function.
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              Instead, lymphocyte CD73 is intimately involved in lymphocyte migration via afferent lymphatic vessels.
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              The target LN and afferent lymphatic connecting it were preoperatively detected using ultrasonography.
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              The structure of primary afferent nerve terminals profoundly influences their function.
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              We conclude that stimulation of nasal afferent nerves with capsaicin enhances experimentally-induced cough.
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              Similar to other organs, the stomach receives dual spinal and vagal afferent innervation.
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              Inner afferent arteriolar diameter was measured locally and upstream to evaluate conducted vasoconstriction.
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              First, an afferent or cognitive part, through which it is stimulated.
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              Eleven patients underwent complete, preoperative embolization of their afferent arteries with one complication.
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              However, it is unknown whether natural patterns of low-frequency afferent spike activity induce LTD.
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              Numerous anatomical studies demonstrate that Merkel cells form synaptic-like contacts with sensory afferent terminals.
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              Portuguese
              aferente
              Afferent through the time
              Afferent across language varieties
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