A new approach for the treatment of demyelinating diseases?
1988
K H Bohuslavizki, and
E Koppenhöfer, and
W Hänsel, and
W D Möller
Institute of Physiology, University of Kiel, F.R.G.
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MeSH Term
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D010936
Plant Extracts
Concentrated pharmaceutical preparations of plants obtained by removing active constituents with a suitable solvent, which is evaporated away, and adjusting the residue to a prescribed standard.
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
D003711
Demyelinating Diseases
Diseases characterized by loss or dysfunction of myelin in the central or peripheral nervous system.
Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.
Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014982
Xenopus laevis
The commonest and widest ranging species of the clawed "frog" (Xenopus) in Africa. This species is used extensively in research. There is now a significant population in California derived from escaped laboratory animals.
Platanna,X. laevis,Platannas,X. laevi
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W Hänsel, and
W D Möller