Increasing internodal distance in myelinated nerves accelerates nerve conduction to a flat maximum

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 1957-1961

  Wu, Lai Man N ^a   Williams, Anna ^b   Delaney, Ada ^a   Sherman, Diane L ^a   Brophy, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PERIAXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; MOUSE; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANVIER NODE; SCHWANN CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RANVIER'S NODES; SCHWANN CELLS;

MUS;

EID: 84867856784     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.08.025     Document Type: Article

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