More questions seemed to pop up upon my realization...
- Am I dealing with C-fibers, A-δ fibers, or both?C-fibers are small and unmyelinated whereas A-δ fibers are larger and myelinated. This is something I need to clarify soon, since the nociceptor is a key character in my film!
- Is the myelination along the entire length of the axon? Or does it end before the terminal branching?
- What do the terminal branches look like anyway?!
I'm surprised there aren't many good images (SEM, etc.) of nociceptors. I found a couple of histology slides of C-fibers but they weren't very informative...
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