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Hyperpolarizing potentials were recorded from second order monopolar neurons of the ganglion opticum I of Calliphora by means of glass microcapillaries. The eye was stimulated with a spotlike light source. Potentials were recorded in relation to the intensity of the light stimulus. The recording site was identified by marking the cell with a dye and by localizing the tip of the electrode.
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Autrum, H., Zettler, F. & Järvilehto, M. Postsynaptic potentials from a single monopolar neuron of the ganglion opticum I of the blowfly Calliphora . Z. Vergl. Physiol. 70, 414–424 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00298196
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00298196