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Acetylcholine and Choline Acetylase in Squid Giant Axon, Ganglia and Retina

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THE giant axon of the squid stellar nerve and giant synapse of the stellate ganglia have frequently been used as test objects during investigations of the electrophysiological properties of nerve conduction and junctional transmission1–3. Other investigations in which these preparations have proved useful have concerned the chemical and molecular basis of nerve activity and the role of acetylcholine (ACh) in conduction4–12.

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  1. M. BRZIN

    Present address: Department of Pathophysiology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

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    P. ROSENBERG, W.-D. DETTBARN & M. BRZIN

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ROSENBERG, P., DETTBARN, WD. & BRZIN, M. Acetylcholine and Choline Acetylase in Squid Giant Axon, Ganglia and Retina. Nature 210, 858–859 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210858a0

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