Lateral Giant Fibers of Crayfish: Location of Somata by Dye Injection
- 11 October 1968
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 162 (3850) , 281-283
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.162.3850.281
Abstract
Using a new technique for injecting fluorescent dye, we have analyzed the intraganglionic architecture of the lateral giant interneuron in crayfish. Each lateral giant interneuron comprises a giant axon, an ipsilateral dendritic arborization of fairly constant form, and a contralateral soma. Antidromic axon spikes produce only small, electronic potentials in the soma; direct depolarization there fails to produce electrically excitable membrane responses and cannot discharge the main axon.Keywords
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