Hernandez Fustes Otto Jesus, Kay Cláudia Suemi Kamoi, Lorenzoni Paulo José, Ducci Renata Dal-Pra, Barbara Jean-Gaël, Werneck Lineu Cesar, Scola Rosana Herminia
Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Serviço de Neurologia, Serviço de Doenças Neuromusculares, Curitiba PR, Brasil.
Neuroscience Paris Seine, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, Institut de biologie Paris-Seine, Paris, França.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2019 Oct 24;77(10):749-751. doi: 10.1590/0004-282X20190119. eCollection 2019.
This paper reviews aspects of the life and work of Professor Louis Ranvier 140 years after the publication of Leçons sur l'histologie du système nerveux, published in 1878, and shows the importance of the histological description of myelinated fibers of the nodes of Ranvier.