Susumu Terakawa: 1 book
Myelinated Fibers and Saltatory Conduction in the Shrimp
The Fastest Impulse Conduction in the Animal Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2013
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...
