ABSTRACT
The effect of temperature on the refractory period in nerve fibres is of the same magnitude as its effect on the duration of the action potential (Tasaki, 1949) or as the effect of temperature on the duration of the falling phase of the spike (Adrian, 1921). Temperature coefficients (Q10) as high as 4 have been calculated for the refractory period in single fibres of the frog by Schoepfle & Erlanger (1941). According to Tasaki (1949), the Q10 value of the absolute refractory period is about 3·5 for a single node in the myelinated fibres of the frog, when determined for the temperature interval 13·7-19° C.
Copyright © 1967 The Company of Biologists Ltd.
1967
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