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    In neuroscience and anatomy, nodes of Ranvier (/ˈrɑːnvieɪ/ RAHN-vee-ay), also known as myelin-sheath gaps, occur along a myelinated axon where the axolemma...
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  • Nodes of Ranvier is a metalcore band from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, US, that was signed to Victory Records. The band is described as "one of Sioux Falls'...
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    Axon (redirect from Type of motor fibers)
    myelin sheath known as nodes of Ranvier occur at evenly spaced intervals. The myelination enables an especially rapid mode of electrical impulse propagation...
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    called nodes of Ranvier. At the nodes of Ranvier, which are approximately one thousandth of a mm in length, the axon's membrane is bare of myelin. Myelin's...
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    at one node of Ranvier provokes another action potential at the next node; this apparent "hopping" of the action potential from node to node is known...
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  • along unmyelinated axons as well as along myelinated axons, engulfing nodes of Ranvier. Recently, OPCs have been shown to reside in close contact with NG2-expressing...
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    Node of Ranvier Axon terminal Schwann cell Myelin sheath In neuroscience, saltatory conduction (from Latin saltus 'leap, jump') is the propagation of...
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  • parameterized Lymph node, an immune system organ used to store white blood cells Node of Ranvier, periodic gaps in the insulating myelin sheaths of myelinated...
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    polyneuropathy. Some variants of CIDP present autoimmunity against proteins of the node of Ranvier. These variants comprise a subgroup of inflammatory neuropathies...
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    cells. Dendrite Soma Axon Nucleus Node of Ranvier Axon terminal Schwann cell Myelin sheath Schwann cells are a variety of glial cells that keep peripheral...
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