[Anode opening excitations of single Ranvier nodes].
1958
G RUDOLPH, and
R STAMPFLI
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D011901
Ranvier's Nodes
Regularly spaced gaps in the myelin sheaths of peripheral axons. Ranvier's nodes allow saltatory conduction, that is, jumping of impulses from node to node, which is faster and more energetically favorable than continuous conduction.
Nodes of Ranvier,Nodes, Ranvier's,Ranvier Nodes,Ranviers Nodes
D004566
Electrodes
Electric conductors through which electric currents enter or leave a medium, whether it be an electrolytic solution, solid, molten mass, gas, or vacuum.