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Analogy between Pseudopodia and Nerve Fibres

Nature volume 154, pages 830–831 (1944)Cite this article

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A GOOD many years ago, Verworn1 developed in some detail a supposed analogy between rhizopod pseudopodia and nerve fibres. He suggested that these represent two extreme types of living substance in which the effects of stimulation are transmitted respectively with and without decrement.

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  1. Zoological Department, Rondebosch, University of Cape Town,

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SANDON, H. Analogy between Pseudopodia and Nerve Fibres. Nature 154, 830–831 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154830b0

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