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Structural-functional analysis of identified neurons in the snailHelix pomatia

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    Identified neurons of the snailHelix pomatia, studied with the aid of intra-cellular injection of cobalt, have numbers and orientations of processes which are specific for each particular neuron.

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    The neurons LPa3 and RPa3 have from four to seven branches which pass into the pedal ganglia and into the peripheral nerves. A network of fine filaments is located near the major processes and in the zones of their branching. The processes and branches, evidently, play the part of axons; the filamentous processes function as dendrites.

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    A hypothesis has been discussed that the large number of axons running to different parts of the body allows a giant neuron to coordinate motor responses of the animal.

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  1. Department of Psychophysiology, M. V. Lomonosov State University, Moscow

    G. G. Arakelov & T. A. Sakharova

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Translated from Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatel'nosti, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 1180–1187, November–December, 1979.

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Arakelov, G.G., Sakharova, T.A. Structural-functional analysis of identified neurons in the snailHelix pomatia . Neurosci Behav Physiol 12, 75–81 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01186687

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