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Key features of peripheral nerve myelination were observed, including development of myelin segments and nodes of Ranvier, both critical for nerve impulse transmission.

This unique insight into microglia-axon communication offers promising therapeutic targets for effective treatment strategies,” he said. The team demonstrated that microglia establish direct contact ...

It's wrapped in numerous layers around many of the nerves in the central nervous system (CNS), which includes your brain, spinal cord, and the optic (eye) nerves. Myelin also helps protect the nerves ...

Letter Published: 14 May 1966 A Structural Specialization at Nodes of Ranvier in the Central Nervous System R. H. LAATSCH & W. M. COWAN Nature 210, 757–758 (1966) Cite this article ...

These include anti-neurofascin (NF)-155 and anti-contactin 1 (CNTN1) antibodies, which target components at the paranodal junctions between the myelin terminal loops and axolemma, and nodal ...

There are small gaps in the myelin coating, called nodes of Ranvier. The action potential jumps from gap to gap, allowing the signal to move much quicker.

The signal effectively “jumps” along between tiny gaps in the myelin sheath called the nodes of Ranvier, but it all happens on a super-fast timescale. What about other cells and tissues?

Together with the electrically insulating myelin sheath, the so-called nodes of Ranvier form a basis for electrical nerve impulses to be transferred very rapidly over longer distances. They “jump” ...