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Medical Definition of Saltatory conduction
1. A method of neuronal transmission in vertebrate nerves, where only specialised nodes of Ranvier participate in excitation. This reduces the capacitance of the neuron, allowing much faster transmission. See: myelin, Schwann cells. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
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