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MOST biological reactions respond to an increase in temperature by an increase of rate, and decrease their rate if the temperature is lowered. However, two preparations, that of the elasmobranch ampullæ of Lorenzini described by Sand1 and by Hensel2 ; and that of mammalian peripheral nerve described by Bernhard and Granit3, show an anomalous transient response to temperature.
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Sand, A., Proc. Roy. Soc., B, 125, 524 (1938).
Hensel, H., Z. vergl. Physiol., 37, 509 (1955).
Bernhard, C., and Granit, R., J. Gen. Physiol., 26, 257 (1946).
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KERKUT, G., TAYLOR, B. Effect of Temperature on the Spontaneous Activity from the Isolated Ganglia of the Slug, Cockroach and Crayfish. Nature 178, 426 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178426a0
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