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ALTHOUGH the paralysing action of anoxia on peripheral nerve has been frequently studied in previous investigations, so far as we know, no attempt has as yet been made to examine whether excitability and propagation of the nervous impulse react identically to lack of oxygen.
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BUCHTHAL, F., HERTZ, H. Effect of Anoxia on Excitation and Impulse Propagation in Isolated Motor Nerve Fibres. Nature 155, 20 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155020a0
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