Myelinated Fibers and Saltatory Conduction in the Shrimp The Fastest Impulse Conduction in the Animal Kingdom /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Xu, Ke (Συγγραφέας), Terakawa, Susumu (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Neurosciences.; Biochemistry.; Cell physiology.; Cell membranes.; Neurobiology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Biochemistry.; Cell Physiology.; Membrane Biology.

In 1961, neurobiologists found that the conduction velocity of the nerve impulse in the giant nerve fiber of the Penaeus shrimp abdominal nerve cord was over 200 m/s, the highest speed of information transmission ever observed in the animal kingdom. The peculiar myelin sheath with its unique nodal s...