activate

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When activated, it reduces pain over a sustained period without interfering with normal sensations or activating reward pathways associated with addiction.

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Nerves allow it to receive signals from the brain, which activates the tissue when the body senses cold.

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Low-energy infrared photons do not have enough energy to activate electrons, while high-energy photons such as blue light lose their extra energy as heat.

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This then activated vagal nerve fibers, which carry signals from the gut to the brain.

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Each material was applied to activated carbon fibers to create usable samples.

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