Subtle Paranodal Injury Slows Impulse Conduction in a Mathematical Model of Myelinated Axons

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Babbs, Charles F ^a   Shi, Riyi ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSCOPY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE INJURY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; RANVIER NODE; RESPONSE TIME; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; VERTEBRATE;

ALGORITHMS; AXONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RANVIER'S NODES;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84879767738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067767     Document Type: Article

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