Why are nonpainful sensory fibers recruited before painful sensory fibers with electrical stimulation?

What will be an ideal response?


The stimulation threshold is low for peripheral nerve that is myelinated and wide in diameter. The nonpainful sensory fibers are myelinated and wider than the small unmyelinated pain fibers.

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