Myelinated neurons can communicate rapidly and are 10 times faster than neurons without myelin. Synapse : The synapse is the portion of the neuron where information is received.

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers, for the first time ever, have achieved patch-clamp studies of an elusive part of mammalian myelinated nerves called the Nodes of Ranvier.

Not every axon is myelinated – some, even those bundled into myelin-containing tracts – remain unsheathed. One estimate suggests that only 30% of the mouse corpus callosum (the bundle of nerve fibers ...

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers, for the first time ever, have achieved patch-clamp studies of an elusive part of mammalian myelinated nerves called the Nodes of Ranvier.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers, for the first time ever, have achieved patch-clamp studies of an elusive part of mammalian myelinated nerves called the Nodes of ...

In a study published in the Cell Press journal Neuron, Jianguo Gu, Ph.D., his postdoctoral fellow Hirosato Kanda, Ph.D., and other colleagues at UAB report that two ion channels called TREK-1 and ...