Rana pipiens were divided into four groups: controls; hypocalcemic frogs, depleted of salts by acclimation to deionized water; hypercalcemic frogs, calcium-loaded by the introduction of 40 ยตmol calcium gluconate; and frogs exposed to the potential competing ions Mg 2+ , Sr 2+ , and Ba 2+ . All group
Sensory transduction in dorsal cutaneous mechanoreceptors of the frog,Rana pipiens
โ Scribed by R. E. Watts; A. S. French
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 871 KB
- Volume
- 157
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-7594
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