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You Are a Scientist Studying Mechanosensation, and Are Performing Electrical

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You are a scientist studying mechanosensation, and are performing electrical recordings on a single mechanosensory axon that innervates a finger. You find that when slight pressure is applied to the finger, the axon responds with multiple action potentials that do not decrease in frequency over time. You have likely found an axon associated with which cell type/structure?


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