Fenestration in the myelin sheath of nerve fibers of the shrimp: A novel node of excitation for saltatory conduction

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 397-409

  Hsu, Ke ^a   Terakawa, Susumu ^b,c  

^a Shanghai Inst Physiol   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

axon; fenestration node; myelin sheath; node of Ranvier; saltatory conduction; shrimp

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GIANT NERVE CELL; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANVIER NODE; SHRIMP;

EID: 0029949021     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4695(199607)30:3<397::aid-neu8>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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