Evolution of rapid nerve conduction

Brain Research

Volumn 1641, Issue , 2016, Pages 11-33

  Castelfranco, Ann M ^a   Hartline, Daniel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium spike; Diffusion; Electrotonic conduction; Giant axon; Myelin evolution; Sodium spike

Indexed keywords

MYELIN; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED CHLORIDE CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL REGENERATION; CELL SIZE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVOLUTION; GIANT AXON; HUMAN; INTERNODE; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 84960983865     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.02.015     Document Type: Review

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