title: The role of giant axons in studies of the nerve impulse.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Keynes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology*; D004557:Electric Organ / Q000502:physiology; D007448:Invertebrates; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission; D014714:Vertebrates