| Literature DB >> 14069240 |
W R LOEWENSTEIN, C A TERZUOLO, Y WASHIZU.
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New evidence is presented that spike and transducer processes in sensory receptors are independent events; impulse activity in tile crustacean stretch receptor neuron and the mammalian pacinian corpuscle was selectively blocked by a compound (tetrodotoxin) without affecting any of the parameters of the generator potential.Entities:
Keywords: CRUSTACEA; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; FISHES; PHYSIOLOGY; POISONS; RECEPTORS, NEURAL
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Year: 1963 PMID: 14069240 DOI: 10.1126/science.142.3596.1180
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728