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Science 8 August 1969:
Vol. 165. no. 3893, pp. 594 - 597
DOI: 10.1126/science.165.3893.594
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Temperature-Dependence of Resistance at an Electrotonic Synapse

B. W. Payton 1, M. V. L. Bennett 1, and G. D. Pappas 1

1 Department of Anatomy, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York 10461

The junctional resistance at septa of the crayfish lateral giant axon is inversely related to temperature with a Q1l, of about 3 over the range from 5° to 20°C. Nonjunctional axonal membrane is much less affected. Resistance changes occur rapidly with temperature changes. No correlates in ultrastructure of the synapses have been found.


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