Molecular architecture of the specialized axonal membrane at the node of Ranvier.
1997
V Bennett, and
S Lambert, and
J Q Davis, and
X Zhang
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
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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
D002462
Cell Membrane
The lipid- and protein-containing, selectively permeable membrane that surrounds the cytoplasm in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
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
D001369
Axons
Nerve fibers that are capable of rapidly conducting impulses away from the neuron cell body.
Axon
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