The Electric Stimulation of the Concentrating (Adrenergic) and the Dispersing (Cholinergic) Nerve-Fibres of the Melanophores in the Catfish
- 15 April 1941
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 27 (4) , 198-204
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.27.4.198
Abstract
Electrical stimulation of melanophore nerves in the tail of Ameiurus nebulosus results in either blanching or darkening, depending on the characteristics of the stimuli. In blanching the nerve-fibers involved are probably adrenergic, in darkening probably cholinergic. This indicates that the melanophores in Ameiurus have a double innervation. a condition which probably also occurs in other teleosts and perhaps in the chameleon.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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