Here we report unexpected structural specializations in the Ranvier nodes and internodes of auditory ... determined using a counterstain (MAP2 or fluorescent Nissl stain). SBC fibres were ...

Discovered by French scientist Louis-Antoine Ranvier in 1878, these tiny nodes have been known since 1939 to act like relay stations placed about 1 millimeter apart along the myelinated nerve to ...

This initiative celebrates important research from School of Medicine faculty members. His study, “TREK-1 and TRAAK are principal K+ channels at the Nodes of Ranvier for rapid action potential ...

3D reconstruction of electron microscopy images showing a perinodal astrocyte (blue), node of Ranvier (gray), compact myelin (purple), and layers of myelin detaching from the axon (tan).