Function of Giant Mauthner's Neurons in the Lungfish
- 27 March 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 129 (3352) , 841-842
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.129.3352.841
Abstract
Unit spikes were recorded from the spinal cord of the lungfish Protopterus and were identified with Mauthner's axon. With these spikes occurred nongraded tail flips suggesting startle responses. The tail flip and the giant spike resulted from certain forms of jarring and prodding. The conduction velocity for the slightly myelinated. 45 µ diameter fibers was 18.5 m/sec.Keywords
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