Fast adapting type 1 fibers respond to a tactile stimulus by a:
A. maintained increase in firing rate for the duration of the stimulus
B. maintained decrease in firing rate for the duration of the stimulus
C. transient increase in firing rate at the initiation and cessation of the stimulus
D. transient increase in firing rate at the initiation of the stimulus and a transient decrease in firing rate at its cessation
E. transient decrease in firing rate at the initiation of the stimulus and a transient increase in firing rate at its cessation
ANS: C
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