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Diagram comparing action potential conduction in myelinated and unmyelinated axons, showing a neuron with labeled cell body, myelin sheath, nodes of Ranvier, and the flow of electrical signals along each type of axon.
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Louis-Antoine Ranvier
French histologist and pathologist