1983
Effects of 4-aminopyridine on rapidly and slowly conducting axons of rat corpus callosum
Preston R, Waxman S, Kocsis J. Effects of 4-aminopyridine on rapidly and slowly conducting axons of rat corpus callosum. Experimental Neurology 1983, 79: 808-820. PMID: 6825765, DOI: 10.1016/0014-4886(83)90044-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRat corpus callosumCallosal fibersCerebral axonsNerve fibersCorpus callosumMammalian peripheral nerve fibersNegative waveVoltage-dependent potassium currentsSecond negative waveNon-myelinated nerve fibresPeripheral nerve fibersField potentialsShort-latency wavesFirst negative waveCallosal stimulationPotassium blockersPotassium currentAction potentialsPeripheral fibersCallosumRecording electrodesMembrane repolarizationAxonsFunctional organizationComparable differences
1972
Relative Conduction Velocities of Small Myelinated and Non-myelinated Fibres in the Central Nervous System
WAXMAN S, BENNETT M. Relative Conduction Velocities of Small Myelinated and Non-myelinated Fibres in the Central Nervous System. Nature 1972, 238: 217-219. PMID: 4506206, DOI: 10.1038/newbio238217a0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research