Louis-Antoine Ranvier | |
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 Louis-Antoine Ranvier | |
| Born | 2 October 1835 |
| Died | 22 March 1922 (aged 86) Vendranges, Loire, France |
| Known for | nodes of Ranvier, Merkel-Ranvier cells |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Histology |
| Institutions | Collège de France |
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.