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Velocity of action potential in giant axon at 16°C

Value	7 m/s
Organism	Cuttlefish Sepia
Reference	Bullock TH, Horridge GA (1965). Structure and Function in the Nervous Systems of Invertebrates. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman vol I p.137 table 3.2
Method	Most determinations were made with intracellular electrodes
Comments	Axon diameter is 200µm. Values given have usually been measured with very little saline shunt and would be appreciably higher-up to 50%-in sea water or in the animal.
Entered by	Uri M
ID	108961