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Journal of Experimental Biology 50,629-634 (1969)
Published by Company of Biologists 1969

Histological and electrophysiological Studies On The Giant Axons Of The Cockroach Periplaneta Americana

M. E. SPIRA ¹, I. PARNAS ², and F. BERGMANN ³

¹ Department of Zoology of the Hebrew University--Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem
² Department of Zoology, the Hebrew University--Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem
³ Department of Pharmacology, the Hebrew University--Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem

1. Nerve cords of the American cockroach were cut between the 5th and 6th abdominal ganglia.

2. All giant axons degenerated in the abdominal regions and were present but collapsed in the thoracic connectives.

3. Unilateral lesions permitted identification of ventral giant axons all along the nerve cord.

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