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Science 5 March 1965:
Vol. 147. no. 3662, pp. 1142 - 1145
DOI: 10.1126/science.147.3662.1142
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II. Asynchronous Flash Initiation by a Propagated Triggering Potential

Roger Eckert 1

1 Department of Zoology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, and Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

The action potential of Noctiluca miliaris is conducted over the cell, triggering luminescent cytoplasmic organelles as it propagates away from the stimulus site. Local light emission follows local active current with a latency of 1 to 3 milliseconds. Whereas bioluminescence normally occurs over this cell with an advancing front of emission, it can be initiated synchronously by electrical stimulation of the entire cell.


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