Nodes, paranodes, and incisures: From form to function

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 883, Issue , 1999, Pages 131-142

  Scherer, Steven S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; NFASC PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL; CELL JUNCTION; HUMAN; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; RANVIER NODE; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROPEPTIDES; RANVIER'S NODES;

EID: 0033554349     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08576.x     Document Type: Article

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