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IN a recent publication1 it was shown that in the dogfish the sense organ situated in the ampulla of the horizontal semicircular canal is in a constant state of excitation. This activity is maintained in the resting animal in the absence of any obvious external stimulus. The result raises the question as to whether the inflow to the centre of the spontaneous discharge from the ampullary sense ending has any noticeable effect on muscle tone.
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Löwenstein O., and Sand A., A, J. Exp. Biol., 13, 416 (1936).
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LöWENSTEIN, O. Effect of Unilateral Elimination of the Horizontal Semicircular Canal in the Pike. Nature 139, 715 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139715b0
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