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Saltatory Conduction

Saltatory Conduction is a biophysical phenomenon in which action potentials propagate along myelinated axons by rapidly jumping from one node of Ranvier to the next, thereby increasing the conduction velocity of neural impulses compared to continuous conduction in unmyelinated fibers.

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Prolonged myelination in human neocortical evolution

Daniel J. Miller, Tetyana Duka, Cheryl D. Stimpson et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · 728 citations · Full text

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Evidence for saltatory conduction in peripheral myelinated nerve fibres

A. F. Huxley, R. Stämpeli · The Journal of Physiology · 1949 · 653 citations

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Site of Action Potential Initiation in Layer 5 Pyramidal Neurons

Lucy M. Palmer, Greg J. Stuart · Journal of Neuroscience · 2006 · 336 citations · Full text

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Neurofascins Are Required to Establish Axonal Domains for Saltatory Conduction

Diane L. Sherman, Steven Tait, Shona Melrose et al. · Neuron · 2005 · 336 citations · Full text

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Internodal conduction in undissected demyelinated nerve fibres

Michael Rasminsky, T. A. Sears · The Journal of Physiology · 1972 · 330 citations

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Authors

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  1. PK
    Petri Kursula

    University of Oulu, Finland

    5 publications · 263 citations

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  2. MW
    Michael Wegner

    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

    5 publications · 674 citations

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    Klaus‐Armin Nave

    Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Germany

    4 publications · 582 citations

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  4. BF
    B. Frankenhaeuser

    Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

    3 publications · 104 citations

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  5. EP
    Elior Peles

    Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

    3 publications · 215 citations

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  1. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    3.4K citations

  2. Inserm

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    27 publications

    748 citations

  3. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    31 publications

    4.7K citations

  4. Virginia Commonwealth University

    Richmond, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    429 citations

  5. University of Oulu

    Oulu, Finland

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    897 citations

  6. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

    Erlangen, Germany

    5 h-index

    28 publications

    2.7K citations

  7. National Institute for Physiological Sciences

    Okazaki, Japan

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    631 citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    282 citations

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  1. Journal of Neuroscience

    11 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. Glia

    11 publications · 575 citations

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  3. The Journal of Physiology

    7 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    5 publications · 214 citations

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 4 publications · 1.3K citations

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