1983
Long-term regenerated nerve fibres retain sensitivity to potassium channel blocking agents
Kocsis J, Waxman S. Long-term regenerated nerve fibres retain sensitivity to potassium channel blocking agents. Nature 1983, 304: 640-642. PMID: 6308475, DOI: 10.1038/304640a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNerve fibersPotassium channelsMyelinated peripheral nerve fibresAxon segmentsPeripheral nerve fibersAxon sproutsEndoneurial tubesNerve crushFunctional recoveryFunctional organizationMyelinated fibersAxon cylindersSchwann cellsBurst activityMyelinated axonsMammalian axonsAxonsPeripheral connectionsMembrane depolarizationBasement membraneK channelsRegenerated fibersAxon maturationEffects 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
1971
An ultrastructural study of the pattern of myelination of preterminal fibers in teleost oculomotor nuclei, electromotor nuclei, and spinal cord
Waxman S. An ultrastructural study of the pattern of myelination of preterminal fibers in teleost oculomotor nuclei, electromotor nuclei, and spinal cord. Brain Research 1971, 27: 189-201. PMID: 5552167, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(71)90248-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPattern of myelinationSpinal cordOculomotor nucleusElectromotor nucleusProportion of synapsesPreterminal fibersPeripheral nerve fibersCentral nervous systemCentral myelinated fibersNodes of RanvierUnmyelinated regionsNerve fibersMyelinated fibersConduction velocityNervous systemCordMyelinationNervous impulsesUltrastructural studySynapsesClose membrane appositionBulbous protrusionsMembrane appositionAxonsNucleus