Membrane molecule keeps nerve impulses hopping

Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 12:31 in Biology & Nature

New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine describes a key molecular mechanism in nerve fibers that ensures the rapid conductance of nervous system impulses. The findings appear online Jan. 27, 2011 in the journal Neuron.

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