The role of giant axons in studies of the nerve impulse.
The large size of the individual axons in the motor nerves of certain invertebrates has facilitated technical approaches that were not feasible elsewhere. A brief account is given of the way in which giant axons have taken and held the lead in research on the mechanism of conduction.
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D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology*; D004557:Electric Organ / Q000502:physiology; D007448:Invertebrates; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission; D014714:Vertebrates