On the velocity of conduction in nerve fibers with saltatory transmission

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1949 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:The Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics, volume 11, pages 19-27 (issn: 0007-4985, eissn: 1522-9602,

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Authors: H D, LANDAHL; R J, PODOLSKY;

doi: 10.1007/bf02477911

pmid: 18153137

On the velocity of conduction in nerve fibers with saltatory transmission

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Abstract

Using an electrical model to represent certain features of a nerve fiber together with a one-factor theory of excitation, an expression is obtained for the velocity of propagation of a nerve impulse along a nerve fiber exhibiting saltatory transmission. The velocity shows a maximum with respect to internodal length. A critical internodal length, a critical radius, and a critical value for the resistance of the external medium are required in order to make transmission of the impulse possible.

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National Institutes of Health
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University of Chicago
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Keywords

Nerve Fibers, Heart Rate, Nervous System Physiological Phenomena

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