hugo.witters at tornado.be (Hugo Witters) wrote:
> When applying a pulse such as an action potential of 100
>mVpp across the insulating myelin, the lower the capacitance is, the
>smaller the amount of charge absorbed by the the myelin at the leading
>edge of the pulse, resulting in a faster transmission of this edge
>across the axon.
I suppose that this also means that, since the pulse is less
attenuated over distance when capacitance is small, the distance
between the nodes can be higher, resulting in a faster transmission
velocity.
>Cheers,
> Hugo
