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In about 250 species of electric fishes, modified muscle fibers forming disklike multinucleate plates arranged in stacks like batteries in series and embedded in a gelatinous matrix. A large torpedo ray may have half a million plates. Muscles in different parts of the body may be modified, i.e., the trunk and tail in the electric eel, the hyobranchial apparatus in the electric ray, and extrinsic eye muscles in the stargazers. Powerful electric organs emit pulses in brief bursts several times a second. They serve to stun prey and ward off predators. A large torpedo ray can produce of shock of more than 200 volts, capable of stunning a human. (Storer et al., General Zoology, 6th ed, p672)
| Descriptor ID |
D004557
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A13.332
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| Concept/Terms |
Electric Organ- Electric Organ
- Electric Organs
- Organ, Electric
- Organs, Electric
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| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Electric Organ" by people in Profiles.
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Krivoi II, Drabkina TM, Dobretsov MG, Vasil'ev AN, Kravtsova VV, Eaton MJ, Skachkov SN, Mandel F. [Functional interaction between nicotinic cholinergic receptors and Na, K-ATPase in the skeletal muscles]. Ross Fiziol Zh Im I M Sechenova. 2004 Jan; 90(1):59-72.
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Eterovic VA, Lu R, Eakin AE, Rodr?guez AD, Ferchmin PA. Determinants of phencyclidine potency on the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors from muscle and electric organ. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 1999 Dec; 19(6):745-57.
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Ulrich H, Ippolito JE, Pag?n OR, Eterovic VA, Hann RM, Shi H, Lis JT, Eldefrawi ME, Hess GP. In vitro selection of RNA molecules that displace cocaine from the membrane-bound nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 Nov 24; 95(24):14051-6.
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Hann RM, Pag?n OR, Gregory LM, J?come T, Eterovic VA. The 9-arginine residue of alpha-conotoxin GI is responsible for its selective high affinity for the alphagamma agonist site on the electric organ acetylcholine receptor. Biochemistry. 1997 Jul 22; 36(29):9051-6.
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Hann RM, Evans JE, McCluer RH, Eterovic VA. Gangliosides in membranes from Torpedo electric organ. Lipids. 1996 Jun; 31(6):627-33.
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Hann RM, Pag?n OR, Eterovic VA. The alpha-conotoxins GI and MI distinguish between the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist sites while SI does not. Biochemistry. 1994 Nov 29; 33(47):14058-63.
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Schikorski T, Braun N, Zimmermann H. Projection of brain stem neurons to the giant electromotoneurons in the cervical spinal cord of the electric catfish Malapterurus electricus. Brain Behav Evol. 1994; 43(6):306-18.
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Eterovic VA, Li L, Ferchmin PA, Lee YH, Hann RM, Rodriguez AD, McNamee MG. The ion channel of muscle and electric organ acetylcholine receptors: differing affinities for noncompetitive inhibitors. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 1993 Apr; 13(2):111-21.
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Eterovic VA, Hann RM, Ferchmin PA, Rodriguez AD, Li L, Lee YH, McNamee MG. Diterpenoids from Caribbean gorgonians act as noncompetitive inhibitors of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 1993 Apr; 13(2):99-110.
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Szczawinska K, Ferchmin PA, Hann RM, Eterovic VA. Electric organ polyamines and their effects on the acetylcholine receptor. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 1992 Apr; 12(2):95-106.