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Neurones from the central nervous system of the american cockroach, Periplaneta americana can be kept in culture for several months. After a few days in culture, the neurones show growing cones which soon develop into fine neurites which connect the different cells and form a complicated network after a week or two (Beadle et al., 1982). This morphological differentiation is accompanied with a physiological differentiation of the cell membrane. In this paper we shall summarize what is known so far of the voltage-dependent conductances.
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Pichon, Y., Larmet, Y., Christensen, B.N., Shimahara, T., Beadle, D. (1986). Voltage Dependent Conductances in Cultured Cockroach Neurones. In: Bořkovec, A.B., Gelman, D.B. (eds) Insect Neurochemistry and Neurophysiology · 1986. Experimental and Clinical Neuroscience. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4832-3_57
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