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PREVIOUS studies1 have shown that tick paralysis, induced in mongrel dogs by applying the wood tick Dermacentor andersoni Stiles, is due to failure in transmission at the neuro-muscular junction because: (a) the anterior tibial muscle in a paralysed dog responded to direct but not to indirect stimulation through the peroneal nerve; (b) the motor nerve fibres conducted an impulse.
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MURNAGHAN, M. Neuro-Anatomical Site in Tick Paralysis. Nature 181, 131 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181131a0
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