Fenestration nodes and the wide submyelinic space form the basis for the unusually fast impulse conduction of shrimp myelinated axons

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 1979-1989

  Xu, Ke ^a   Terakawa, Susumu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Invertebrate; Microtubular sheath; Myelin sheath; Nodal current; Nodal structure; Penaeus; Saltatory conduction; Shrimp; Submyelinic gap space

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS;

EID: 0033178814     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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