The role of giant axons in studies of the nerve impulse

1989/02/01 by R. D. Keynes · 1 citation
Neuroscience · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Medicine · #Photoreceptor and optogenetics research #Cephalopods and Marine Biology #Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies #Mechanism (biology) #Neuroscience #Impulse (physics) #Anatomy #Motor nerve #Nerve conduction #Biology #Physics #Medicine #Classical mechanics #Surgery

paper · doi:10.1002/bies.950100213

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Abstract

The large size of the individual axons in the motor nerves of certain invertebrates has facilitated technical approaches that were not feasible elsewhere. A brief account is given of the way in which giant axons have taken and held the lead in research on the mechanism of conduction.

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• ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE OF THE SQUID GIANT AXON DURING ACTIVITY
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