Conduction in Myelinated, Unmyelinated, and Demyelinated Fibers

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1977, Pages 585-589

  Waxman, Stephen G ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; DEMYELINATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NONMYELINATED NERVE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; AXONS; CELL MEMBRANE; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RANVIER'S NODES; RATS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0017745560     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1977.00500220019003     Document Type: Article

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