Fig. 10

Nodes of Ranvier and Myelin Sheath. a-Courtesy of Anne Desmazieres et. Al. [36]. b-Courtesy of Prof. Peter Brophy [37]. c-Transmission electron micrograph of a myelinated axon. The myelin layer (concentric) surrounds the axon of a neuron, showing cytoplasmathic organs inside [38]. d, e-The nodes of Ranvier and the myelinated regions of an axon are represented as an equivalent circuit within a intercompartmental model, modified after F, Dayan et al., [8]. f-Schematic of our model a μLINAC, where an electric field acts in the nodes of Ranvier and accelerates the nuons in the myelinated sections that behave like drift tubes