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Sodium Chloride Sensitivity and Electrochemical Effects in a Lorenzinian Ampulla

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IN the course of experiments on effects of polarizing currents on Lorenzinian ampullæ, in which current pulses were applied to the receptor with electrodes filled with sodium chloride, we found accidentally that the receptor is sensitive to very small amounts of sodium and chlorine ions. This prompted us to examine the chemosensitivity of the ampulla.

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  1. Department of Physiology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York

    WERNER R. LOEWENSTEIN & N. ISHIKO

  2. Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, Mass.

    WERNER R. LOEWENSTEIN & N. ISHIKO

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LOEWENSTEIN, W., ISHIKO, N. Sodium Chloride Sensitivity and Electrochemical Effects in a Lorenzinian Ampulla. Nature 194, 292–294 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194292b0

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