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Spike discharges in nerve fibers, evoked by stimulation of electroreceptors by an electric field directed along the body axis (square pulses of current and a sinusoidal current) were recorded in the lampreyLamperta fluviatilis (L.). Excitation of electroreceptors was shown to arise through the action of the cathode. Minimal values of electric field at which appreciable changes took place in spike activity were 10–60 µV/cm for different nerve fibers. The optimal frequency range of sinusoidal electrical stimulation was 0.05–0.5 Hz. It is suggested that electroreceptors of the Agnatha (caudata) and of gnathostomatous cartilaginous fish share a common origin.
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Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Kola Branch, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Dal'nie Zelentsy, Murmansk Region. Translated from Neirofizioloigya, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 105–110, January–February, 1984.
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Muraveiko, V.M. Functional properties of lamprey electroreceptors. Neurophysiology 16, 95–99 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01052833
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