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Title: Impulse conduction is fastest in neurons that are Post by: Crazer59 on Feb 10, 2015 Impulse conduction is fastest in neurons that are...?
Title: Re: Impulse conduction is fastest in neurons that are Post by: alyssa_19 on Feb 10, 2015 myelinated
Title: Re: Impulse conduction is fastest in neurons that are Post by: Crazer59 on Feb 10, 2015 Thank you Alyssa. I did find out shortly after posting this question, also that the myelin acts as an insulator helping to conduct impulses faster, kind of like neural booster. Does that make sense?
:D Title: Re: Impulse conduction is fastest in neurons that are Post by: alyssa_19 on Feb 10, 2015 yes and thank you for explaining it :)
Title: Re: Impulse conduction is fastest in neurons that are Post by: KEKMC on May 30, 2015 why are the nerves in gray matter non-myelinated?
Title: Re: Impulse conduction is fastest in neurons that are Post by: psyche360 on May 30, 2015 why are the nerves in gray matter non-myelinated? Action potentials in neurons that lack myelin sheaths travel much more slowly than action potentials in equivalent neurons sheathed in myelin. The white are myelinated because Its axons are much more longer and their are more of them, and so is needs to be faster in order to issue a timely command. The unmyelinated neurons are short so that the speed of the signal is not that important (myelination), and the white. These two have to work together in order to conduct the Impulse. And also gray matter do contain some myelinated cells. |