1986
Mammalian optic nerve fibers display two pharmacologically distinct potassium channels
Kocsis J, Gordon T, Waxman S. Mammalian optic nerve fibers display two pharmacologically distinct potassium channels. Brain Research 1986, 383: 357-361. PMID: 2429732, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(86)90040-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOptic nerve fibersNerve fibersDistinct potassium channelsPotassium channelsRat optic nerve fibersNerve action potentialsAction potential characteristicsAction potential repolarizationTEA-sensitive channelsIntracellular hyperpolarizationAction potentialsPotential repolarizationSuction electrodeTetraethylammoniumPotential characteristicsRepolarizationPositivity
1984
Postnatal differentiation of rat optic nerve fibers: Electron microscopic observations on the development of nodes of Ranvier and axoglial relations
Hildebrand C, Waxman S. Postnatal differentiation of rat optic nerve fibers: Electron microscopic observations on the development of nodes of Ranvier and axoglial relations. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1984, 224: 25-37. PMID: 6715578, DOI: 10.1002/cne.902240103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRat optic nerve fibersOptic nerve fibersNerve fibersUnmyelinated optic nerve axonsPostnatal differentiationOptic nerve axonsPerinodal astrocytic processesAxoglial signallingNodes of RanvierVesiculotubular profilesOptic nerveRat pupsCompact myelin sheathAxolemmal undercoatingAstrocytic processesNerve axonsAxonal diameterMyelin sheathAxon segmentsAxonsAxolemmaRanvierDaysElectron microscopic observationsFunctional differentiation
1982
Rat optic nerve: Freeze-fracture studies during development of myelinated axons
Black J, Foster R, Waxman S. Rat optic nerve: Freeze-fracture studies during development of myelinated axons. Brain Research 1982, 250: 1-20. PMID: 7139310, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(82)90948-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOptic nerveInternodal axolemmaOptic nerve fibersRat optic nerveGreater mean particle sizeNon-myelinated axonsDays of ageEnsheathed axonsGlial ensheathmentNerve fibersMyelinated fibersDays postnatalNerveMyelinated axonsDays postparturitionAge groupsAxonsDefinitive associationAdult fibersAdult animalsMyelinationInternodal membraneCompact myelinFreeze-fracture studyAxolemma