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Science 16 September 1960:
Vol. 132. no. 3429, pp. 737 - 738
DOI: 10.1126/science.132.3429.737
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Electrical Responses of the Retinal Nerve and Optic Ganglion of the Squid

Edward F. MacNichol Jr. 1 and Warner E. Love 1

1 Jenkins Laboratory of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, and Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Recordings were obtained from the retinal nerves and optic ganglia of intact squid, which were maintained in good condition by perfusing their mantles with sea water. Only "on" discharges were found in the nerves, whereas "on" and "off" discharges as well as spontaneous activity and tactile responses were obtained from the ganglia.


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