Researchers have achieved patch-clamp studies of an elusive part of mammalian myelinated nerves called ... known as an action potential. TREK-1 and TRAAK in the Nodes of Ranvier acted quite ...

Action potential timing is fundamental to information ... Thus, individual anatomical parameters of myelinated axons can be tuned to optimize pathways involved in temporal processing.

His study, “TREK-1 and TRAAK are principal K+ channels at the Nodes of Ranvier for rapid action potential conduction on mammalian myelinated afferent nerves,” was recently published in the Cell Press ...

Figure 5: Threshold increases when a pyramidal neuron ... in myelinated tracts, having a 'railroad track' appearance. Whole-cell recording always yielded a cell that could fire an action potential.

In the case of unmyelinated axons, the nerve impulse, or action potential, moves along the axon continuously. By contrast, in myelinated nerve fiber, currents can only occur where the axonal ...

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers, for the first time ever, have achieved patch-clamp studies of an elusive part of mammalian myelinated ... known as an action potential.

More information: Hirosato Kanda et al, TREK-1 and TRAAK Are Principal K+ Channels at the Nodes of Ranvier for Rapid Action Potential Conduction on Mammalian Myelinated Afferent Nerves ...