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Calcium Action at an Inhibitory Synapse

Nature volume 213, pages 1233–1234 (1967)Cite this article

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THE transmitter substance of the crossed olivo-cochlear fibres has not been identified1. The previously known actions of these inhibitory fibres are blocked by strychnine2 and it may also be of significance that the fibres and their endings apparently contain acetylcholinesterase3.

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