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Erlanger and Gasser (1937) established that thicker myelinated fibers have higher conduction velocity. Among these, the highest conduction velocity was usually described to be 120 m/s of A-type mammalian myelinated fibers in texts and common reference books of neurobiology.
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Xu, K., Terakawa, S. (2013). Ultrahigh Conduction Velocity Found in the Medial Giant Fibers of Penaeus chinensis and Penaeus japonicus . In: Myelinated Fibers and Saltatory Conduction in the Shrimp. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53924-7_11
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