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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diameter of unmyelinated axon | Eukaryotes | 0.3 | μm | 108629 | Attwell D, Laughlin SB.... |
| Axon diameter and conduction velocity | Monkey | fastest axon ~20µm diameter conduct at ~120 m/s: slowest axon ~0.1µm diameter conduct at ~0.3m/s | N/A | 110607 | Harvey A. Swadlow and... |
| Axon diameter in both vertebrates and invertebrates | Various | 0.5 to 30 | μm | 108980 | Zalc B, Goujet D, Colman... |
| Action potential speed in myelinated axon | vertebrates | 50 to 100 | m/sec | 108982 | Zalc B, Goujet D, Colman... |
| Mean diameter of soma and of intramedullary axon of triceps surae alpha-motoneuron | Cat Felis silvestris catus | soma at birth 39.6µm: soma in adult 57.6µm: axon at birth 2.4µm: axon in adult 6.7µm | µm | 112111 | Cullheim S, Ulfhake B.... |
| Density of microtubules in axon cross section | Mammalian tissue culture cell | 100 | Microtubules/µm^2 | 104881 | Edda Thies and Eva-Maria... |
| Axon diameter in the optic nerve | North American opossum Didelphis virginiana | myelinated 0.3-6.7µm (mean 1.6µm): unmyelinated 0.2-1.6µm (mean 0.6µm) | µm | 112118 | Kirby MA, Clift-Forsberg L... |
| Diameter of transport vesicle in axon | Unspecified | 30 | nm | 109239 | Faisal AA, White JA,... |
| Diameter of axon or spine neck | Unspecified | ≤50 | nm | 112022 | Kleinfeld et al., Large-scale... |
| Diameter of axon above which spontaneous action potentials begin to appear | Eukaryotes | 0.15 to 0.3 | μm | 109234 | Faisal AA, White JA,... |
| Diameters of axon above which spontaneous action potentials begin to appear derived by stochastic simulations | Eukaryotes | mammalian pyramidal cell axon 0.15: squid axon 0.3 | μm | 109235 | Faisal AA, White JA,... |
| Membrane potential of sodium ion in axon | Squid | -60 (Table - link) | mV | 104085 | Stein, Wilfred D., Channels... |
| Rate of mitochondrial transport retrogradely down the axon | Mammals | 50–100 | mm/day | 113075 | Scott T. Brady, George... |
| Velocity of action potential in giant axon at 23°C | Squid Loligo | 33 | m/s | 108960 | Bullock TH, Horridge... |
| Velocity of action potential in giant axon at 16°C | Cuttlefish Sepia | 7 | m/s | 108961 | Bullock TH, Horridge... |
| Ionic concentrations inside and outside squid axon and mammalian muscle cell | Metazoa animals | Table - link | N/A | 103650 | C.U.M. Smith Biology... |
| Diameter of axon above which the great majority of axons are myelinated | Metazoa animals | >0.3 | µm | 110609 | Harvey A. Swadlow and... |
| Membrane addition rate on axon at growth cone in chick | Chicken Gallus gallus | ~50 | µm^2/min | 110855 | Dai J, Sheetz MP, Wan X... |
| Length of local, unmyelinated cabling (axon colaterals) in a cubic millimeter of cortex | Mouse Mus musculus | ~4 | km/mm^3 | 109246 | Faisal AA, White JA,... |
| Biophysical and physiological parameters used in simulations (squid axon and mammalian pyramidal cell) | Metazoa animals | Table - link | N/A | 109242 | Faisal AA, White JA,... |