Louis-Antoine Ranvier

Physician, Deceased Person

1835 – 1922

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Who was Louis-Antoine Ranvier?

Louis-Antoine Ranvier was a French physician, pathologist, anatomist and histologist, who discovered 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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Born
Oct 2, 1835
Lyon
Also known as
  • Ранвье, Луи-Антуан
Nationality
  • France
Profession
Died
Mar 22, 1922
Vendranges

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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