The inception of conductivity in the corpus callosum and the cortico-ponto-cerebellar path- way of young rabbits with reference to myelinization
✍ Scribed by George Ulett Jr.; Robert S. Dow; O. Larsell
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1944
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 636 KB
- Volume
- 80
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9967
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✦ Synopsis
The relation of myelinization to the inception of function of nerve fibers has been the subject of many investigations since Meckel (1815) observed a difference in the time of maturation of fiber tracts in the central nervous system. The studies of Flechsig, extending from 1876 through nearly five decades, indicate that myelinization of nerve fibers belonging to specific functional systems ocenrs at about the same period of ontogenetic development. Watson ( '03), Tilney and Casamajor ( '24), Langworthy ( '26, '27, '28, '29), Angulo ( '29), Windle, Fish and O'Donnell ('34), and others have dealt with different aspects of this problem by various methods but with no unanimity of conclusions. Stewart ( '41) states : "In children a t birth, there is incomplete myelinization of numerous fiber tracts which are, therefore, non-functional . . ." 1