Rapid Conduction and the Evolution of Giant Axons and Myelinated Fibers

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Hartline, D K ^a   Colman, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION; EVOLUTION; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL ADHESION; EVOLUTION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845907921     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.11.042     Document Type: Review

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