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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurophysiol. 2007 Nov 14;99(1):244–253. doi: 10.1152/jn.01049.2007

FIG. 3.

FIG. 3

Mechanosensitivity, adaptation, and activation characteristics of splanchnic (left column) and pelvic (right column) nerve afferents to von Frey probing (0.16–2.0 g). All fiber types in both pathways displayed graded responses to increasing intensities of von Frey force (A, D). B and E: mean adaptation profiles (error bars omitted for clarity) during application of a 1-g von Frey probe (3 s). All 4 fibers types in the pelvic pathway (E) gave an initial dynamic response to application of the probe, whereas neither muscular nor serosal splanchnic afferents (B) responded in this fashion. Sensitivity to von Frey probing was assessed in C and F by determining the percentage of afferents responding at the 4 intensities of force applied.