Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory · 1973 · 72 citations · 8 references
MedicineNeurobiologyNeuroscienceCellular NeuroscienceElectrophysiologyNeurophysiologyAction Potential DynamicsMicroscopic NeuroanatomyNervous TissueConductionNerve Conduction VelocitySimplified ModelsSiphonophore Biology
The siphonophore Nanomia has a pair of giant fibres running along the stem, the larger of which conducts at velocities up to 3 metres/second. Histologically the two giant fibres appear to be composite, partially syncytial structures representing specializations within the general ectodermal nerve plexus.
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A. L. Hodgkin · The Journal of Physiology · 1954 · 267 citations
CONDUCTION IN THE NERVE-FREE EPITHELIA OF SIPHONOPHORES
G. O. Mackie · American Zoologist · 1965 · 112 citations · Full text