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THE cellular unit of the electric organ of the skate (Raja eglanteria) is morphologically similar to that of Electrophorus electricus: both have rather large dimensions, although the electroplax of the skate is smaller and more irregular in shape; both have an innervated and a non-innervated membrane, the latter characterized by prominent digitations. There are, however, some differences of functional properties. The discharge of the organ in the intact animal has been studied by Albe-Fessard1 and that of the individual electroplax by Brock et al.2.
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SCHOFFENIELS, E. A Method for studying separately the Properties of the Innervated and Non-innervated Membrane of an isolated Single Electroplax of the Skate. Nature 181, 287–288 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181287b0
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