Myelinated Fibers and Saltatory Conduction in the Shrimp The Fastest Impulse Conduction in the Animal Kingdom /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Tokyo :
Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53924-7 |
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