 Electric Organ
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In about 250 species of electric fishes, modified muscle fibers forming disklike multinucleate plates arranged in stacks like batteries in series and embedded in a gelatinous matrix. A large torpedo ray may have half a million plates. Muscles in different parts of the body may be modified, i.e., the trunk and tail in the electric eel, the hyobranchial apparatus in the electric ray, and extrinsic eye muscles in the stargazers. Powerful electric organs emit pulses in brief bursts several times a second. They serve to stun prey and ward off predators. A large torpedo ray can produce of shock of more than 200 volts, capable of stunning a human. (Storer et al., General Zoology, 6th ed, p672)
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D004557
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A13.332
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| Concept/Terms |
Electric Organ- Electric Organ
- Electric Organs
- Organ, Electric
- Organs, Electric
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Electric Organ" by people in Profiles.
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Rahman MM, Teng J, Worrell BT, Noviello CM, Lee M, Karlin A, Stowell MHB, Hibbs RE. Structure of the Native Muscle-type Nicotinic Receptor and Inhibition by Snake Venom Toxins. Neuron. 2020 06 17; 106(6):952-962.e5.
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Rosenthal JA, Hsu SH, Schneider D, Gentile LN, Messier NJ, Vaslet CA, Hawrot E. Functional expression and site-directed mutagenesis of a synthetic gene for alpha-bungarotoxin. J Biol Chem. 1994 Apr 15; 269(15):11178-85.
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England JD, Gamboni F, Levinson SR. Increased numbers of sodium channels form along demyelinated axons. Brain Res. 1991 May 10; 548(1-2):334-7.
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England JD, Gamboni F, Levinson SR, Finger TE. Changed distribution of sodium channels along demyelinated axons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Sep; 87(17):6777-80.
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Hagedorn M, Womble M, Finger TE. Synodontid catfish: a new group of weakly electric fish. Behavior and anatomy. Brain Behav Evol. 1990; 35(5):268-77.
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Bell CC, Zakon H, Finger TE. Mormyromast electroreceptor organs and their afferent fibers in mormyrid fish: I. Morphology. J Comp Neurol. 1989 Aug 15; 286(3):391-407.
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Heiligenberg W, Finger T, Matsubara J, Carr C. Input to the medullary pacemaker nucleus in the weakly electric fish, Eigenmannia (sternopygidae, gymnotiformes). Brain Res. 1981 May 04; 211(2):418-23.
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Bell CC, Finger TE, Russell CJ. Central connections of the posterior lateral line lobe in mormyrid fish. Exp Brain Res. 1981; 42(1):9-22.
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Klymkowsky MW, Heuser JE, Stroud RM. Protease effects on the structure of acetylcholine receptor membranes from Torpedo californica. J Cell Biol. 1980 Jun; 85(3):823-38.
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Ross MJ, Klymkowsky MW, Agard DA, Stroud RM. Structural studies of a membrane-bound acetylcholine receptor from Torpedo californica. J Mol Biol. 1977 Nov; 116(4):635-59.
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