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A Functional Interpretation of the Electron-Microscopic Structure of the Sensory Hairs in the Cristæ of the Elasmobranch Raja clavata in Terms of Directional Sensitivity

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THE sensory cells in the vertebrate labyrinth are epithelial cells innervated by end-branches of bipolar neurons of the various first-order ganglia associated with the 8th cranial nerve. Physiologically, the response behaviour of these cells has been thoroughly analysed in the semi-circular canals and otolith organs of the labyrinth of the elasmobranch fish, Raja clavata 1–3 and of the frog4.

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LOWENSTEIN, O., WERSÄLL, J. A Functional Interpretation of the Electron-Microscopic Structure of the Sensory Hairs in the Cristæ of the Elasmobranch Raja clavata in Terms of Directional Sensitivity. Nature 184, 1807–1808 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841807a0

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