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Ion Currents of Paramecium: Effects of Mutations and Drugs

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Evolution of the First Nervous Systems

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSA,volume 188))

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Paramecium is a eukaryotic, single-celled organism which is used as a simple model system for studying the regulatory mechanisms governing excitable and sensory cell functions. In terms of ion channel functions, some strategies may have been so efficient in the primative protozoans that they may remain as universal mechanisms in most sensory and excitable cells while other specialized functions may have been refined and further evolved in higher organisms, leading to diversity in the structure, function, and regulation of ion channels.

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Hennessey, T.M. (1989). Ion Currents of Paramecium: Effects of Mutations and Drugs. In: Anderson, P.A.V. (eds) Evolution of the First Nervous Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 188. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0921-3_16

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