Orderly bioelectric phenomena and myelin integrity: an hypothesis.
The classical approach to myelin function, in light of current data, is deemed inadequate. Electron microscopic data is used to support the novel hypothesis of interneuronal communication at nodes of Ranvier in the central nervous system of higher organisms. It is hypothesized that myelin plays a role in imposing order hypothesis, use is made of both developmental and degenerative aspects of myelin.
D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000502:physiology*; D011901:Ranvier's Nodes / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission