2014
Physiological and genetic analysis of multiple sodium channel variants in a model of genetic absence epilepsy
Oliva MK, McGarr TC, Beyer BJ, Gazina E, Kaplan DI, Cordeiro L, Thomas E, Dib-Hajj SD, Waxman SG, Frankel WN, Petrou S. Physiological and genetic analysis of multiple sodium channel variants in a model of genetic absence epilepsy. Neurobiology Of Disease 2014, 67: 180-190. PMID: 24657915, PMCID: PMC4298829, DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2014.03.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAxon initial segmentAbsence epilepsyMouse modelGenetic absence epilepsyNav channelsSCN2A variantsInitial segment
1978
Intra-axonal ferric ion-ferrocyanide staining of nodes of Ranvier and initial segments in central myelinated fibers
Waxman S, Quick D. Intra-axonal ferric ion-ferrocyanide staining of nodes of Ranvier and initial segments in central myelinated fibers. Brain Research 1978, 144: 1-10. PMID: 76497, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(78)90430-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNodes of RanvierInitial segmentFerric ion-ferrocyanide stainingCentral nervous tissueAxon initial segmentCentral myelinated fibersSpinal cordMyelinated fibersNervous tissueMyelinated neuronsAxon hillockCell bodiesNodal axolemmaRanvierNeuronsAxolemmaStainingElectron-dense substanceStainInternodal regionsUltrastructural dataSpecialized regions