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Giant axonal neuropathy — Classification and external resources OMIM 256850 DiseasesDB 33515 Giant axonal neuropathy is a rare, autosomal recessive … Wikipedia
giant axonal neuropathy — an autosomal recessive neuropathy of childhood due to mutation in the GAN gene (locus: 16q24.1), which encodes gigaxonin, a protein involved in the ubiquitin proteasome system targeting damaged proteins for destruction. There are central and… … Medical dictionary
Squid giant synapse — The squid Giant Synapse Anatomy This chemical synaptic junction was first recognized by John Zachary Young in 1939.The squid giant synapse (Fig 1) is the largest chemical junction in nature. It lies in the stellate ganglion on each side of the… … Wikipedia
squid giant axon — Large axons, up to 1mm in diameter, that innervate the mantle of the squid. Because of their large size, many of the pioneering investigations of the mechanisms underlying resting and action potentials in excitable cells were done on these fibres … Dictionary of molecular biology
Action potential — In physiology, an action potential is a short lasting event in which the electrical membrane potential of a cell rapidly rises and falls, following a consistent trajectory. Action potentials occur in several types of animal cells, called… … Wikipedia
nervous system — Anat., Zool. 1. the system of nerves and nerve centers in an animal or human, including the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia. 2. a particular part of this system. Cf. autonomic nervous system, central nervous system, peripheral nervous… … Universalium
Bigfin reef squid — Not to be confused with Bigfin squid. Bigfin reef squid A bigfin reef squid from the Tokyo Sea Life Park, Tokyo, Japan … Wikipedia
Caridoid escape reaction — The Caridoid Escape Reaction, also known as lobstering or tail flipping, refers to an innate escape mechanism in marine and freshwater crustaceans such as lobsters , krill, shrimp, and crayfish. It has been most extensively researched in crayfish … Wikipedia
cephalopod — /sef euh leuh pod /, n. 1. any mollusk of the class Cephalopoda, having tentacles attached to the head, including the cuttlefish, squid, and octopus. adj. 2. Also, cephalopodic, cephalopodous /sef euh lop euh deuhs/. belonging or pertaining to… … Universalium
Annelid — Temporal range: Early Ordovician–Recent[1] … Wikipedia
