Editing Saltatory conduction (section)

==Distribution==

Saltatory conduction occurs widely in the myelinated nerve fibers of vertebrates, but was later discovered in a pair of medial myelinated [[Ventral nerve cord|giant fiber]]s of ''[[Fenneropenaeus chinensis]]'' and ''[[Marsupenaeus japonicus]]'' [[shrimp]],<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Hsu K, Tan TP, Chen FS | title = On the excitation and saltatory conduction in the giant fiber of shrimp (''Penaeus orientalis''). | journal = Proceedings of the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Association for Physiological Science | date = August 1964 | pages = 7–15 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Hsu K, Tan TP, Chen FS | title = Saltatory conduction in the myelinated giant fiber of shrimp (''Penaeus orientalis''). | journal = KexueTongbao | volume = 20 | pages = 380–382 | date = 1975 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kusano K, LaVail MM | title = Impulse conduction in the shrimp medullated giant fiber with special reference to the structure of functionally excitable areas | journal = The Journal of Comparative Neurology | volume = 142 | issue = 4 | pages = 481–94 | date = August 1971 | pmid = 5111883 | doi = 10.1002/cne.901420406 | s2cid = 33273673 }}</ref> as well as in a median giant fiber of an [[earthworm]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Günther J | title = Impulse conduction in the myelinated giant fibers of the earthworm. Structure and function of the dorsal nodes in the median giant fiber | journal = The Journal of Comparative Neurology | volume = 168 | issue = 4 | pages = 505–31 | date = August 1976 | pmid = 939820 | doi = 10.1002/cne.901680405 | s2cid = 11826323 }}</ref> Saltatory conduction has also been found in the small- and medium-sized myelinated fibers of ''[[Penaeus]]'' shrimp.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Xu K, Terakawa S | title = Saltatory conduction and a novel type of excitable fenestra in shrimp myelinated nerve fibers | journal = The Japanese Journal of Physiology | volume = 43 Suppl 1 | pages = S285-93 | date = 1993 | pmid = 8271510 }}</ref>