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IT is now generally accepted1 that the changes in impulse frequency in a sensory nerve are the result of processes which alter the state of polarization of the nerve membrane in the sense organ. In thermo-receptors, and especially in those2 in which the response to cooling is an increase in the frequency of discharge, the mechanism whereby the change of temperature can cause a change in membrane polarization remains unknown.
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MURRAY, R. Nerve Endings as Transducers of Thermal Stimuli in Lower Vertebrates. Nature 176, 698–699 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176698a0
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