Nerve Fibers (IMAGE)

McGill University

Nerve Fibers

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Sympathetic nerve fibers (depicted in red) are shown to wrap around the pain-sensing neurons (green) in the joint synovium of arthritic animals.

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Geraldine Longo, McGill University

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