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Velocity of action potential in sciatic nerve single nodal fiber

Value	31 m/s
Organism	Frog Rana
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	Fiber diameter is 16µm. 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	108964