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Capacitance change as molluscan neurons swell and shrink Great pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis ~0.7 µF/cm^2 110848 Dai J, Sheetz MP, Wan X...
Neuronal membrane has a mechanical resiliency enabling it to withstand membrane tensions exceeding Great pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis ~0.5 mN/m 110853 Dai J, Sheetz MP, Wan X...
Dynamic membrane tension measurements during swelling Great pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis Table - link N/A 110852 Dai J, Sheetz MP, Wan X...
Experimental determination of membrane tension Great pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis ≈0.1 mN/m 110765 OS. Andersen, "Cellular...
Membrane tension produced by a pressure difference of 2,500Pa in a cell with 10µm radius Great pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis 12.5 mN/m 110764 OS. Andersen, "Cellular...
Difference in total solute concentrations between intracellular and extracellular compartments Great pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis ~4µM or ~0.001% N/A 110766 OS. Andersen, "Cellular...
Static force in control neurons Great pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis 27.9 (±2.1) pN 110850 Dai J, Sheetz MP, Wan X...
Neuronal membrane tension Unspecified ~0.01 mN/m 110849 Dai J, Sheetz MP, Wan X...
Osmotic pressure difference produced by a total solute concentration difference of 1 mM Unspecified 0.0246 atm or 2,490 Pa N/A 110763 OS. Andersen, "Cellular...
Total solute concentration Plants ~25 % wt/wt 108681 Kaare H. Jensen & Maciej...
Date of great oxidation event Biosphere ~2.4 Billion years ago 107048 Buick R. When did oxygenic...
Characteristic heart rate Pond mussel 4-6 beats per minute 101518 Amazing numbers in biology...
Summary of ion selectivity experiments Snail Helix roseneri Table - link N/A 109171 H. Reuter and C.F. Stevens...
Population splits and effective population sizes (Ne) during great ape evolution Apes Figure - link N/A 111515 Prado-Martinez J et al....
Diameter of axon above which the great majority of axons are myelinated Metazoa animals >0.3 µm 110609 Harvey A. Swadlow and...
Number of different venom components every Conus species has Predatory cone snail Conus spp. ~100 different venom components 115225 Singer HM et al., Selective...
Distribution of sense cells of three functionally identified types in different parts of the body in ordinary wrinkled skin Roman snail Helix pomatia Table - link N/A 110605 Theodore Holmes Bullock...
Number of species of fish-, mollusk-, and worm-hunting cone snails of the Conus species Predatory cone snail Conus spp. >500 Conus species 115224 Singer HM et al., Selective...
Fraction of >50,000 conopeptides (neuroactive peptides of the venom) that have been characterized pharmacologically Predatory cone snail Conus spp. <0.1 % 115226 Singer HM et al., Selective...
Molecular mass of the Haemoglobin of selected Animals Eukaryotes Table - link N/A 104069 Amazing numbers in biology...