Encyclopedia of Pain

2013 Edition
| Editors: Gerald F. Gebhart, Robert F. Schmidt

Injury Discharge

Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28753-4_201043

Definition

When axons are cut across acutely, or neurons are punctured, they tend to produce a brief burst of impulses, usually lasting no more than a few seconds. This “injury discharge” is due to the intense depolarization caused by breaching the cell membrane.

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