Model of the interaxonic bridge of the palliovisceral ganglion of a squid.
Painted wax, metal struts and black wooden base.
Illustrating J Z Young's work on squid giant axons and synapses. See Young, John Zachary. 1939 Fused neurons and synaptic contacts in the giant nerve fibres of cephalopods Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 229: 465–503
Loligo sp.
Date
1939 to 1974
This model was probably produced at UCL for J Z Young when he was professor of Anatomy at UCL between 1945 and 1974. The original research was published in 1939.
