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The findings of specific structures of the nerve fibers in the nervous system of the Penaeus shrimp in invertebrates give us occasion to make some suggestions about the phylogenetic development of the myelin sheath, nodal structure, and impulse conduction function of nerve fibers in neurobiology.
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Xu, K., Terakawa, S. (2013). Remarks on the Evolution of Myelin Sheath, Glial Cells, Nodal Structure, and Conduction Function of Nerve Fibers. In: Myelinated Fibers and Saltatory Conduction in the Shrimp. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53924-7_12
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