Can someone who is more biologically-minded than me please explain exactly
how myelin sheaths faciliate the transmission of the neural impulse. I
understand the impulse is transmitted by the changing permeability of
sequential sections of the cell membrane, but am not sure how the myelin
sheath and the nodes of Ranvier fit in with all of this.
Thanks in advacne.
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Roderick D. Hetzel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Attending Psychologist
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester Medical Center
Pain and Symptom Treatment Center
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Rochester, New York 14618
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