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Rana <genus>

Known as: frogs, Pseudorana, Rana 
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (3)

AmphibiansAnuraRanidae

Narrower (4)

HylaranaRana <subgenus>Rana catesbeianaRana pipiens
Larva

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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Probing the limits to muscle-powered accelerations: lessons from jumping bullfrogs
SUMMARY The function of many muscles during natural movements is to accelerate a mass. We used a simple model containing the… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Incidence and impact of axial malformations in larval bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) developing in sites polluted by a coal‐burning power plant
Amphibian malformations have recently received much attention from the scientific community, but few studies have provided… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
A study of desensitization of acetylcholine receptors using nerve‐released transmitter in the frog
1. Desensitization of acetylcholine (ACh) receptors was studied at the frog neuromuscular junction under voltage clamp. 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
The spinal frog takes into account the scheme of its body during the wiping reflex.
The hindlimb of the spinal frog produces a wiping reflex evoked by electrically or chemically stimulating distal skin of the… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Freeze-fracture studies of frog neuromuscular junctions during intense release of neurotransmitter. I. Effects of black widow spider venom and Ca2+-free solutions on the structure of the active zone
Black widow spider venom (BWSV) was applied to frog nerve-muscle preparations bathed in Ca2+-containing, or Ca2+-free, solutions… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Effects of 4-aminopyridine at the frog neuromuscular junction.
Micromolar concentrations of 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) were able to increase the amplitude of the end-plate current in frog… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Estimates of statistical release parameters from crayfish and frog neuromuscular junctions.
1. Transmitter release at crayfish and frog neuromuscular junctions was studied by recording synaptic potentials with… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Functional changes in frog neuromuscular junctions studied with freeze-fracture
SummaryIn freeze-fractured frog sartorius muscles, the long terminal branches of motor axons possess a series of narrow… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Post‐tetanic potentiation at the neuromuscular junction of the frog
1. Post‐tetanic potentiation (PTP) was studied at the neuromuscular junction of the frog. The magnitude and time course of PTP… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Synaptic organization of the frog retina: an electron microscopic analysis comparing the retinas of frogs and primates
  • John E. Dowling
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society of London…
  • 1968
  • Corpus ID: 36925556
The synaptic contacts in the inner and outer plexiform layers of the frog retina have been identified and studied by electron… 
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