Antidromic activity in the rat phrenic nerve—diaphragm preparation
The Journal of PhysiologyPublished 1 August 1964Open access
Mirjana Randić, Donald W. Straughan
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In the presence of neostigmine, Masland & Wigton (1940) recorded delayed bursts of antidromically conducted spikes in cat ventral root fibres after a conditioning stimulus to the motor nerve, and Barstad (1962) suggested that he could distinguish between these possibilities by cutting the diaphragm by causing the remnants of the muscle fibres to be extensively depolaized by the demarcation currents.
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