Efficient and rapid propagation of action potentials in myelinated axons depends on the molecular specialization of the nodes of Ranvier. The nodal region is organized into several distinct ...

Discovered by French scientist Louis-Antoine Ranvier in 1878, these tiny nodes have been known since 1939 to act like relay stations placed about 1 millimeter apart along the myelinated nerve to ...

Please use one of the following formats to cite this article in your essay, paper or report: APA. Robertson, Sally. (2022, November 28). Myelin Function.

To measure reception of a tactile signal from a Merkel cell, the UAB researchers achieved patch-clamp recordings at a heminode — an accessible spot for a patch-clamp on the neurite between the Merkel ...