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Louis-Antoine Ranvier
French anatomist (1835–1922).
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French anatomist (1835–1922).
Louis-Antoine Ranvier (2 October 1835 – 22 March 1922) was a French physician, pathologist, anatomist and histologist, who discovered the nodes of Ranvier, regularly spaced discontinuities of the myelin sheath, occurring at varying intervals along the length of a nerve fiber.
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Achievements and distinctions
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French anatomist (1835–1922).
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Officer of the Legion of Honour
Career and education
Employers and institutions
Collège de France
Memberships
Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences · French Academy of Sciences · Académie Nationale de Médecine · Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei · Russian Academy of Sciences · Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium
Fields of work
histology
Field of contribution
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