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The intra-cellular origins of the luminosity and chromatic S-potentials have been located (8), by means of glass micro-electrodes containing a lithium carmine solution. Since the responses were found to originate in glial structures (horizontal cells and Müller fibers respectively), they were considered to be extra-neuronal correlates of the processes occurring in the nerve cells. This induced our group to examine as far as possible the relations between the glial and the neuronal behavior, and it has now become clear to us that the glial cells are definitely involved in the control of excitability in the nervous system.
From the Department of Physiology, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas, Venezuela.
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Laufer, M., Svaetichin, G., Mitarai, G., Fatehchand, R., Vallecalle, E., Villegas, J. (1961). The Effect of Temperature, Carbon Dioxide and Ammonia on the Neuron-Glia Unit. In: Jung, R., Kornhuber, H. (eds) Neurophysiologie und Psychophysik des Visuellen Systems / The Visual System: Neurophysiology and Psychophysics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-22221-8_49
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