Nerve endings as transducers of thermal stimuli in lower vertebrates

Nerve endings as transducers of thermal stimuli in lower vertebrates

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ABSTRACT IT is now generally accepted1 that the changes in impulse frequency in a sensory nerve are the result of processes which alter the state of polarization of the nerve membrane in the sense organ. In thermo-receptors, and especially in those2 in which the response to cooling is an increase in the frequency of discharge, the mechanism whereby the change of temperature can cause a change in membrane polarization remains unknown. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS OPTIONS Access through your institution Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access $199.00 per year only $3.90 per issue Learn more Buy this article * Purchase on SpringerLink * Instant access to full article PDF Buy now Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout ADDITIONAL ACCESS OPTIONS: * Log in * Learn about institutional subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support SIMILAR CONTENT BEING VIEWED BY OTHERS SENSORY SCHWANN CELLS SET PERCEPTUAL THRESHOLDS FOR TOUCH AND SELECTIVELY REGULATE MECHANICAL NOCICEPTION Article Open access 06 February 2024 THE MECHANOSENSORY NEURONS OF TOUCH AND THEIR MECHANISMS OF ACTIVATION Article 26 July 2021 INHIBITION OF CURRENT PERCEPTION THRESHOLDS IN A-DELTA AND C FIBERS THROUGH SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION OF THE BODY SURFACE Article Open access 12 August 2022 REFERENCES * Eccles, J. C., “_The Neurophysiological Basis of Mind_”, 179 (Oxford, 1953). Google Scholar  * Sand, A., _Proc. Roy. Soc._, B, 125, 524 (1938). Hensel, H., and Zotter-man, Y., _Acta Physiol. Scand._, 23, 291 (1951). Article  Google Scholar  * Lowenstein, O., _J. Physiol._, 127, 104 (1955). Edwards, C., _J. Physiol._, 127, 636 (1955). Article  CAS  Google Scholar  * Tyrrell, H. J. V., Taylor, D. A., and Williams, C. M., _Nature_, 174, 918 (1954). Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar  * Hensel, H., and Zotterman, Y., _J. Neurophysiol._, 14, 377 (1951). Article  CAS  Google Scholar  * Lele, P. P., Weddell, G., and Williams, C. M., _J. Physiol._, 126, 206 (1954). Article  CAS  Google Scholar  Download references AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Department of Zoology and Comparative Physiology, University of Birmingham, R. W. MURRAY Authors * R. W. MURRAY View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE MURRAY, R. Nerve Endings as Transducers of Thermal Stimuli in Lower Vertebrates. _Nature_ 176, 698–699 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176698a0 Download citation * Issue Date: 08 October 1955 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/176698a0 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Get shareable link Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative

ABSTRACT IT is now generally accepted1 that the changes in impulse frequency in a sensory nerve are the result of processes which alter the state of polarization of the nerve membrane in the


sense organ. In thermo-receptors, and especially in those2 in which the response to cooling is an increase in the frequency of discharge, the mechanism whereby the change of temperature can


cause a change in membrane polarization remains unknown. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS


OPTIONS Access through your institution Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access $199.00 per year only $3.90 per issue Learn more Buy this article * Purchase on


SpringerLink * Instant access to full article PDF Buy now Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout ADDITIONAL ACCESS OPTIONS: * Log in * Learn about


institutional subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support SIMILAR CONTENT BEING VIEWED BY OTHERS SENSORY SCHWANN CELLS SET PERCEPTUAL THRESHOLDS FOR TOUCH AND SELECTIVELY


REGULATE MECHANICAL NOCICEPTION Article Open access 06 February 2024 THE MECHANOSENSORY NEURONS OF TOUCH AND THEIR MECHANISMS OF ACTIVATION Article 26 July 2021 INHIBITION OF CURRENT


PERCEPTION THRESHOLDS IN A-DELTA AND C FIBERS THROUGH SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION OF THE BODY SURFACE Article Open access 12 August 2022 REFERENCES * Eccles, J. C., “_The Neurophysiological


Basis of Mind_”, 179 (Oxford, 1953). Google Scholar  * Sand, A., _Proc. Roy. Soc._, B, 125, 524 (1938). Hensel, H., and Zotter-man, Y., _Acta Physiol. Scand._, 23, 291 (1951). Article 


Google Scholar  * Lowenstein, O., _J. Physiol._, 127, 104 (1955). Edwards, C., _J. Physiol._, 127, 636 (1955). Article  CAS  Google Scholar  * Tyrrell, H. J. V., Taylor, D. A., and Williams,


C. M., _Nature_, 174, 918 (1954). Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar  * Hensel, H., and Zotterman, Y., _J. Neurophysiol._, 14, 377 (1951). Article  CAS  Google Scholar  * Lele, P. P.,


Weddell, G., and Williams, C. M., _J. Physiol._, 126, 206 (1954). Article  CAS  Google Scholar  Download references AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Department of Zoology and


Comparative Physiology, University of Birmingham, R. W. MURRAY Authors * R. W. MURRAY View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar RIGHTS AND


PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE MURRAY, R. Nerve Endings as Transducers of Thermal Stimuli in Lower Vertebrates. _Nature_ 176, 698–699 (1955).


https://doi.org/10.1038/176698a0 Download citation * Issue Date: 08 October 1955 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/176698a0 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be


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initiative