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Miniature Synaptic Potentials in Squid Nerve Cells

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YOUNG1 has described two types of synapses in the stellate ganglion of the squid, both of which are of great physiological interest. The first is a set of uniquely large synapses formed by the contacts between branches of a giant preganglionic fibre and the giant axons in the stellar nerves. The other consists of a large number of small contacts which the preganglionic fibres make with small nerve fibres which then fuse to form the giant axons. It now seems quite certain2–4 that the transmission of impulses across both types of synapses is effected by the release of a transmitter substance.

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MILEDI, R. Miniature Synaptic Potentials in Squid Nerve Cells. Nature 212, 1240–1242 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2121240a0

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