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Ranvier, Louise Antoine
<person> Was a Physician and Histologist. Professor in the College of France, Paris.

Ranvier's Nodes - short specialised interruptions in the myelin sheath occurring along myelinated nerve fibres. Responsible for saltatory conduction.

Lived: 1835-1922. B. Lyons, 1835, d. 1922.