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The electric organ of Torpedo (Fig. 1) consists of two masses of gelatinous tissue disposed one on each side of the head, having a honeycomb structure when viewed from above. Each “cell” of the honeycomb is in reality a vertical stack of electroplaque cells, each profusely innervated on the lower (ventral) surface; when the electric nerves discharge synchronously, the postjunctional potentials thus generated summate to give sizeable electric discharges (25–35 v in T. marmorata).
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Whittaker, V.P., Zimmermann, H., Dowdall, M.J. (1975). The Biochemistry of Cholinergic Synapses as Exemplified by the Electric Organ of Torpedo . In: Stockinger, L. (eds) Principles of Neurotransmission. Journal of Neural Transmission, vol 12. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8384-7_2
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