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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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Satoh Y, Hirakura Y, Shibayama S, Hirashima N, Suzuki T, Kirino Y. Beta-amyloid peptides inhibit acetylcholine release from cholinergic presynaptic nerve endings isolated from an electric ray. Neurosci Lett. 2001 Apr 20; 302(2-3):97-100.
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Lee DS, Anzai K, Hirashima N, Kirino Y. Phospholipid translocation from the outer to the inner leaflet of synaptic vesicle membranes isolated from the electric organ of Japanese electric ray Narke japonica. J Biochem. 1998 Oct; 124(4):798-803.
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Kim YI, Middlekauff EH, Viglione MP, Okutsu J, Satoh Y, Hirashima N, Kirino Y. An autoimmune animal model of the Lambert-Eaton syndrome. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1998 May 13; 841:670-6.
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Satoh Y, Hirashima N, Tokumaru H, Takahashi MP, Kang J, Viglione MP, Kim YI, Kirino Y. Lambert-Eaton syndrome antibodies inhibit acetylcholine release and P/Q-type Ca2+ channels in electric ray nerve endings. J Physiol. 1998 Apr 15; 508 ( Pt 2):427-38.
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Iijima K, Lee DS, Okutsu J, Tomita S, Hirashima N, Kirino Y, Suzuki T. cDNA isolation of Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein from cholinergic nerve terminals of the electric organ of the electric ray. Biochem J. 1998 Feb 15; 330 ( Pt 1):29-33.
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Ishizuka T, Saisu H, Suzuki T, Kirino Y, Abe T. Molecular cloning of synaphins/complexins, cytosolic proteins involved in transmitter release, in the electric organ of an electric ray (Narke japonica). Neurosci Lett. 1997 Aug 29; 232(2):107-10.
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Tokumaru H, Satoh Y, Hirashima N, Shojaku S, Yamamoto H, Kirino Y. Involvement of calciseptine-sensitive calcium channels in the evoked acetylcholine release from electric organ synaptosomes. Biol Pharm Bull. 1997 Jun; 20(6):641-5.
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Anzai K, Yoshioka Y, Hatanaka K, Nakagawa Y, Kirino Y. Phosphatidylserine-specific transbilayer lipid translocation in synaptosomal plasma membranes from Narke japonica. J Biochem. 1995 Jun; 117(6):1232-7.
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Tokumaru H, Wang CY, Hirashima N, O'Hori T, Yamamoto H, Kirino Y. Action and binding of calcium channel blockers on the putative calcium channel of synaptosomal plasma membrane from the electric organ of Narke japonica. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1993 Dec 20; 707:410-2.
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Israel Y, Kalant H, Laufer I. Effects of ethanol on na, K, mg-stimulated microsomal ATPase activity. Biochem Pharmacol. 1965 Dec; 14(12):1803-14.