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Ranvier's Nodes
Known as:
Nodes, Ranvier's
, Ranvier node
, Nodes of Ranvier
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Regularly spaced gaps in the myelin sheaths of peripheral axons. Ranvier's nodes allow saltatory conduction, that is, jumping of impulses from node…
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Axon
Myelin
Myelin Sheath
main axon
Microbiological
Myelinated nerve fiber
Process of secretion
aspects of radiation effects
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Review
2017
Review
2017
Axonal Membranes and Their Domains: Assembly and Function of the Axon Initial Segment and Node of Ranvier
Andrew D. Nelson
,
P. Jenkins
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
2017
Corpus ID: 1178770
Neurons are highly specialized cells of the nervous system that receive, process and transmit electrical signals critical for…
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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Ultrastructural anatomy of nodes of Ranvier in the peripheral nervous system as revealed by STED microscopy
E. D’Este
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D. Kamin
,
F. Balzarotti
,
S. Hell
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2016
Corpus ID: 4755165
Significance In vertebrates, the action potential travels along myelin-coated electrically isolated axons and is regenerated at…
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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Tuning of Ranvier node and internode properties in myelinated axons to adjust action potential timing
Marc C Ford
,
O. Alexandrova
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+6 authors
B. Grothe
Nature Communications
2015
Corpus ID: 11160882
Action potential timing is fundamental to information processing; however, its determinants are not fully understood. Here we…
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Review
2013
Review
2013
Nodo-paranodopathy: Beyond the demyelinating and axonal classification in anti-ganglioside antibody-mediated neuropathies
A. Uncini
,
K. Susuki
,
N. Yuki
Clinical Neurophysiology
2013
Corpus ID: 23186508
Review
2013
Review
2013
Neuro-glial interactions at the nodes of Ranvier: implication in health and diseases
C. Faivre-Sarrailh
,
J. Devaux
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
2013
Corpus ID: 486115
Specific cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) are dedicated to the formation of axo-glial contacts at the nodes of Ranvier of…
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Versican V2 Assembles the Extracellular Matrix Surrounding the Nodes of Ranvier in the CNS
M. Dours-Zimmermann
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K. Maurer
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U. Rauch
,
W. Stoffel
,
R. Fässler
,
D. Zimmermann
Journal of Neuroscience
2009
Corpus ID: 207515907
The CNS-restricted versican splice-variant V2 is a large chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan incorporated in the extracellular…
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
βIVΣ1 spectrin stabilizes the nodes of Ranvier and axon initial segments
S. Lacas‐Gervais
,
Jun Guo
,
+7 authors
M. Solimena
Journal of Cell Biology
2004
Corpus ID: 16684113
Saltatory electric conduction requires clustered voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) at axon initial segments (AIS) and nodes…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
βIV-spectrin regulates sodium channel clustering through ankyrin-G at axon initial segments and nodes of Ranvier
M. Komada
,
Philippe Soriano
Journal of Cell Biology
2002
Corpus ID: 529048
β-Spectrin and ankyrin are major components of the membrane cytoskeleton. We have generated mice carrying a null mutation in the…
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Sodium channel Na(v)1.6 is localized at nodes of ranvier, dendrites, and synapses.
J. Caldwell
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K. Schaller
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R. Lasher
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E. Peles
,
S. Levinson
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
2000
Corpus ID: 13229224
Voltage-gated sodium channels perform critical roles for electrical signaling in the nervous system by generating action…
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Paranodin, a Glycoprotein of Neuronal Paranodal Membranes
Mathias Menegoz
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P. Gaspar
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+6 authors
J. Girault
Neuron
1997
Corpus ID: 17451524
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