Changing the thickness of the myelin sheath surrounding an axon changes its capacitance and thus the conduction

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Changing the thickness of the myelin sheath surrounding an axon changes its capacitance and thus the conduction speed. A myelinated nerve fiber has a conduction speed of 55 m/s. If the spacing between nodes is 1.0 mm and the resistance of segments between nodes is 25 MΩ, what is the capacitance of each segment?

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College Physics A Strategic Approach

ISBN: 9780321595492

2nd Edition

Authors: Randall D. Knight, Brian Jones, Stuart Field

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