afferent

Example Sentences

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Fairhurst, for instance, wears more perfume and spends longer washing her hair – “a direct activation” of her C-tactile afferent nerves, she thinks.

From The Guardian

These fibers, known as “C-tactile afferents” and found on places such as the forearm or back, transmit messages directly and slowly to the central nervous system.

From Washington Post

Stroking the forearm, rich in type C afferents, lit up social brain areas in the controls, but stroking the palm, which contains predominantly type A nerve fibers, had no such effect.

From Science Magazine

C-tactile afferents are “beautifully, exquisitely evolved,” McGlone says, and without the touch that they respond to, babies have weaker neural responses and longer hospital stays and do not gain as much weight.

From Washington Post

It’s so awkward to act blasé about being naked around other people — people who are also, themselves, naked — that there’s nothing left to do but submit en masse to the social and afferent novelty.

From New York Times