Pharmacology and Toxicology of Nicotine with Special Reference to Species Variation

2 May 1958

journal article
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Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 127 (3305) , 1054-1055
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.127.3305.1054

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

NICOTINE

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