A propagated potential produced in the Pacinian corpuscle in response to mechanical stimuli leaves a refractory state of 7 to 10 msec. duration. The refractory state is presumably produced at the first intracorpuscular node of Ranvier. The recovery of receptor excitability for producing an all-or-none response to mechanical stimulation follows the same time course as that of the electrically ex...

The vascular and nerve components of ovarian ligaments (proper and suspensory) of the sheep, cow and the donkey were examined in order to investigate the presence of blood flow-regulator endovasal devices, artero-venous anastomoses, free and/or encapsulated nerve endings and ganglion cells. Both the ligaments of the investigated species showed the presence of endovasal devices (valvular apparat...

The present study was conducted on each of the three adult birds of Emu and Duck procured from the farms located in and around Gannavaram. The renal parenchyma of Emu and Duck was divided into large cortical lobules and smaller medullary lobules/cones. The renal cortex of both the birds showed a labyrinth of tubules and renal corpuscles. Small loopless cortical (reptilian type) nephrons and lar...

1. 10 per cent. atoxyl in blood incubated at 37 degrees C. for 1 hour gives rise to a solution that is much more than ten times as toxic as a 1 per cent. solution of atoxyl similarly incubated. 2. When the comparison is made after incubation for 3 hours instead of for 1 hour, the toxicity of the 10 per cent. solution is but slightly greater than ten times that of the 1 per cent., provided the r...

For detailed study of complex structures such as corpuscular mechanoreceptors, confocal microscopy can be used with multiple immunolabeling that identifies specifically different subcomponents. In addition, anatomic interpretation is enhanced by three-dimensional reconstruction. Confocal laser micrographs, reconstructed from serial images 1 microm thick of human skin Meissner corpuscles simulta...

The elimination of the foreign complement and corpuscles from the test for the serodiagnosis of syphilis has been attempted, and the results so far obtained are very satisfactory. Instead of using guinea pig complement, fresh human serum was utilized for the source of complement for the production of hemolysis upon the human corpuscles in the presence of an adequate amount of the specific anti-...

433 received and there is no reason to expect different of the second edition, especially since it has been extensively revised to incorporate advances in fields that change extremely rapidly, particularly in evaluation of the effects of hormones and vitamins on calcium homeostasis. The material is presented in a very logical way, beginning with the presentation of bone as a functioning tissue ...