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A PRELIMINARY study has been made of the water found in the sciatic nerve of rabbit, which is one of the larger myelinated nerves, by proton magnetic resonance. Specimens from recently killed animals were stored in a refrigerator at about 2° C for periods of at least 1 h before use. In this process a certain amount of water was lost, as shown by condensation on the walls of the containers. Approximately cylindrical samples of the nerve, about 4 mm long and 1 mm in diameter, were examined in a Varian ‘A60A’ spectrometer, the nerve axis being coincident with the cylindrical axis. The angle between the nerve axis and the applied magnetic field could be varied at will.
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CHAPMAN, G., MCLAUCHLAN, K. Oriented Water in the Sciatic Nerve of Rabbit. Nature 215, 391–392 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215391a0
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