Decompaction of CNS myelin leads to a reduction of the conduction velocity of action potentials in optic nerve

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 93-96

  Gutiérrez, Rafael ^a   Boison, Detlev ^a   Heinemann, Uwe ^a   Stoffel, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conduction velocity; Gene targeting; Myelin decompaction; Optic nerve; Proteolipid protein

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; MUTANT; MYELINATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICE; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OPTIC NERVE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029113271     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(94)11789-L     Document Type: Article

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