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SEVERAL investigations of the effects of temperature on the squid giant axon have been made, but as yet the changes of the conduction velocity associated with altering the temperature have not been accurately determined1–3.
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CHAPMAN, R. Dependence on Temperature of the Conduction Velocity of the Action Potential of the Squid Giant Axon. Nature 213, 1143–1144 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2131143a0
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