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A GOOD many years ago, Verworn1 developed in some detail a supposed analogy between rhizopod pseudopodia and nerve fibres. He suggested that these represent two extreme types of living substance in which the effects of stimulation are transmitted respectively with and without decrement.
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SANDON, H. Analogy between Pseudopodia and Nerve Fibres. Nature 154, 830–831 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154830b0
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